Originally Posted by bustercollie

Hi, thank you for your reply. Unfortunately, by the time they did the ultrasound I think we all knew it was too late for her.

I have written a letter of dissatisfaction to them at the end of last week as I feel like they failed us miserably and we've lost a member of our family because of that. I'll await their reply but i'm really not sure how far I can take this. I can imagine the reply will be something along the lines of the pyo not showing up so early on a scan or something like that. It was 6 weeks ago when we first took her to the vet but when they eventually did the scan on the 7th Jan, it looked huge to me so I'm even more sure it would have shown up had they done the scan sooner. When we first took her on the 12th December she was pretty much herself and still strong. They did the blood tests on the 13th and had they done the scan then we'd have given the emergency spay a go. I think she would have survived it then. She just wasn't strong enough when they did discover the pyo.

I'm gutted we weren't made more aware of the facts regarding spaying and pyo and feel that this information should be more readily available for owners. Our dog had a litter of pups in 2005 and even when she went for check ups after, spaying and pyometra was never mentioned by the vet. Had we known the risks then we'd have had her spayed at that point.

Thanks for your reply though and don't feel bad. At the point of writing my first post I was clutching at straws anyway I think. She's free from her pain now. xx

Originally Posted by matrixx611

I just had my dog have the Pyometra surgery. It's been a week now since she had surgery and now recovery slowly. Her appetite is back and for the first time she urinated without the catheter. My problem is now is she is still unable to walk. She cant stand on her hind legs. Would she able to walk again??? She is still on antibiotics.

Originally Posted by noushka05

you wernt to know so try not to beat yourself up... you put your trust in the vet and they tragically failed your dog and i too would write them a letter if i were you, i'd also write a letter of complaint to RCVS...Complaints - RCVS ....i really do feel for you xx



yes she should have been able to walk as soon as she came around from the aneasthetic, please take her back to the vets as soon as possible...best of luck with her x