Our gorgeous greyhound Jake was lame in his right foreleg. He was seen by a vet
who didn't identify a corn (common in greyhounds) until his third visit to
FromusVeterinary Group. The vet subsequently carried out more than one procedure to
remove the corn and believed she had been successful. Jake, however, remained
lame but the vet would not accept it had anything to do with the corn or its removal.
I disagreed but (wrongly) put my trust in the vet and the practice. Further treatment included Jake being prescribed a drug that made him very unwell (vomiting, diarrhoea and lack of appetite) and for which
he needed treatment. After being seen seven times at
Fromus Veterinary Group
over a period of five months, costing £1,299.15p, Jake was still lame and the
vet was still adamant it had nothing to do with his corn. Enough was enough. Poor
Jake had suffered too much and I took matters in my own hands and had Jake’s
toe removed at
The Barns Veterinary Practice (costing just over £200). Two
weeks later Jake had recovered well from the operation and was no longer lame.
Max (another greyhound I adopted) was also lame and seen at Fromus Veterinary Group and while it had nothing to do with a corn, the vet's diagnosis was incorrect. He was referred to Christchurch Veterinary Surgery for an operation that
the surgeon discovered wasn’t needed. I was still, however, charged £600 - the estimate for the operation he never had. I complained but (surprise, surprise) never got a refund.
Footnote: there are vets of the opinion that digital amputation is not a good remedy for a corn. It's a hotly debated subject with many – sometimes dubious – remedies to be found on line. No vet, however, has ever successfully removed a corn in any of my greyhounds.
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