Hi was wondering if any one could give me some advice i just recentley had my summers dew claws removed fro her hind legs as they were double dew claws and not on the bone just lil flaps of skin as i have another dog my heart was in my mouth evertime they were playing as i was fearfull it was onley a matter of time before they ripped they were healing fine but i was advised by the vet to take her back after a few days to check how she was doing once back at the vets a unfourtante incident happened she pulled and slipped on the tiled floor and split the stitches and has 2 huge gashes in her legs the vet told me to keep n eye on it i was very worried they may b prone to infection so a few days later took her back down thankfully no infection but the vet saied she may have to go under anasthetic and get restitched up which i am not to keen on as i care very much for the welfere and health of my dog and do not think it is healthy for her to go under anasthetic again in such a short space of time not onley that but after forking out over 200 pound for the intial op was told i would b charged again is this legal can someone let me know if i have any rights on this thanks i soooo wish i didnt follow the vets advice and took her back in after a few days because she was healing fine untill that bloody trip thanks everone

I had a similar thing with my dog. He cut himself on barbed wire and had to go under anaesthetic to be stitched up (this cost £400). After 2 weeks I was told to go back to have the stitches out, got him home afterwards and within an hour the wound burst open so I took him straight back and they stitched it back up there and then with only a local anaesthetic plus gave him an injection to stop infection - all free of charge. I think my vets are pretty good but do think it is silly that they will only do things under general when I know my dog could of been stitched under local in the first place, he is so placid and will let you do anything to him (no brain, no feeling lol)

I would imagine they could just staple the wound with a local or no anaestheitc?

When Milo injures himself they always want to put him under and stitch him up but we always tell them to put staples in without anaesthetic as it's not necessary.

Try and get your hands on some Wound Glue, its great stuff, no stitching required has iodine in it so also heals the wound quicker

That seems a very high charge, I would not pay again and would put your views in writing explaining why you are not satisfied. My corgi had growths in her mammary glands and had blood tests, x-rays, and an operation to remove them with the follow up medication and I was charged £400. I just had my vet out to a coughing pony and had an injection and medication for £71.00. Perhaps things are cheaper in Wales but that bill does seem excessive.

YOu probably use the same vets as me and they are extremely reasonable as I have had two very delicate bone breaks taken there and neither were extortionate

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Sorry can't help with the legalities, but feel (sadly) that the vets are maybe within their rights. I would question though if there were enough stitches in the wound initially as I would not have expect then the have opened so easily. How long have the stitches been in by the way?
regards
Sue

Hi sue hows u we spoke on the phone recentley about E@L she had the op on the thursday took her back to the vets tuesday thats when they split open i could apprecite it was on a delicate part of the leg but i would have thaught they would have double stitched them to make sure

Hi and thanks for your post i live in wales to gilly swansea valleys lol i phoned several vets and my vet was the cheapest i had one quote of 380 pounds from a small practice the quote from my vets was 160 ended up paying 225 my vets is called avon vets

Don't know if you have any legal rights but I would be saying something to them along the lines of, "If there is another charge you can take it out of the money you will have to pay me when I sue you for my pet harming herself on your slippy floor"