Tl;dr My dog was in severe pain for months because of cancer and arthritis and we never knew because the doctor refused to do any tests. We went to this doctor regularly for years. When my dog fell sick, we knew something was very wrong and asked the doctor to do blood tests and also check for arthritis. He was very laidback and kept insisting that it was ony a cough because my dog "looked healthy." We finally went to Cessna after my dog collapsed one day and couldn't walk anymore. They did blood tests, neuromuscular tests and scans of everything and found that my dog had arthritis and cancer. He was in extreme pain and had been sick for months. Even though he couldnt be saved, if the doctor had done the tests, we could have made sure that his last few months were not so painful. Edit in response to doctor: Since you have brought up some questions, especially ethics , I would also like to ask you some. 1. How ethical is it to reveal a patient's name without their family's consent? 2. How ethical is it for a doctor to deny any kind of tests since the patient "appears" hale and hearty, even when the patient's family practically begged for the tests? 3. If the patient was so healthy why did he collapse and lose control of his bladder, vomit up blood multiple times, lose the ability to eat any food, have damaged kidneys and lungs as well as severe arthritis? 4. Why would a patient's family come for second opinion to the doctor who insisted multiple times that there was nothing wrong with the patient except for a cough? We did not consult you again because we completely and absolutely lost trust in you, a veterinarian who has taught many other veterinarians and is well known. We did multiple tests and scans and took many professionals advice before putting him down to give him peace. This review is to help uninformed and unaware patient families to walk in with open eyes. I hope that if you actually care about the patients that you treat, you will reflect on this and do better in the future.
