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| - DO NOT TAKE PETS HERE. My dog is about 8 yrs. old and was always healthy. I moved into the neighborhood in November. My dog started displaying behaviours that were very unusual for him. His eating habits changed, he was very inactive, clumsier, sleeping more, refused to play favorite games, and seemed confused. I took him to Downtown Animal Hospital at the end of November. They did a Professional Consultation & Wellness Examination, took blood for testing, and requested a urine sample. Results from all blood & urine testings were normal. Total charged = $334.03
4 weeks go by and behaviour continues to become more abnormal. Another appointment. Professional Consultation, Ear Swab for mites (negative), Ear Cleaning & Treatment, ear drops for wax, and new fancy dog food that they insisted was better for him. Total charged = $271.66
2 weeks later behaviour more unusual so I took him to another vet. I explained baffling behaviour and all of the normal test results. He said that my dog was blind. I was shocked. He said that his pupils weren't dilating and showed me by turning the room light off and on. Everything suddenly made sense. I'd had Downtown Animal Hospital email my records to this new vet and we looked at them together on the computer screen. Downtown Animal Hospital had clearly recorded in their notes of the examinations: "EEN - eyes clear". I was referred to the Toronto Animal Eye Clinic for confirmation.
How can multiple doctors, appointments, examinations, and tests be done, and they couldn't tell he was BLIND??? They went to school for veterinary! When I went in to Downtown Animal Hospital to inquire about this issue, one of the vets that had examined him told me that she "didn't know I had to bring my OCULAR SCOPE to every appointment." Seriously. I guess when she shone her light into his eyes and looked at them intently to check for things like normal dilation, she must have missed that his didn't dilate at all -- because she didn't bring her, um, ocular scope??? My new vet didn't have an ocular scope either, instead he actually knew what he was doing in a routine exam.
WORST EXPERIENCE WITH A VET EVER. OVER $600 IN EXAMS AND TESTS AND THEY COULDN'T TELL THAT HE HAD GONE BLIND.
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