For my beloved dog x

[jean1000]

Hi there , I have just lost my soul mate and best friend - she was a beautiful german shepard , aged 11 . She became poorly last april - 2011 - with hair loss . Went to our vets who gave us all sorts of pills and shampoo's but they didnt really have a clue , then she started with painful back hips , so back to the vet who gave her loxicom . She then started being incontinent in the house which she had never done and very low in mood - not wanting to do much just drink . Did ask the vet if she was having a reation to loxicom but he said no - keep giving . Then someone said it could be cushing disease but the vet didnt think so . We were back and forth all through the year then jan 2012 she really got poorly  . The vet felt it was her heart so we had x-rays done but all looked ok . We then had lots of blood test done but still the vet had no idea . So i insisted she was tested fot cushing and finally she was - it came back that thats what she had . But by this time my beloved penny had giving up . The vet charged us £75 for 2 weeks of tablets , she only took 3 before she passed away :{ .  The vet wont take them back even tho they are sealed - so can anyone help me as to what to do with them ? dont want to throw them away if they can help another dog . Feel so let down by the vet i trusted with my most presious friend .

[jean1000]

Thank you for your reply , I hope she knew just how much i loved her . And that i did all i could to make her better . She did suffer tho in the last week of her life , which was not fair to her at all .I miiss her so much , everything seems duller without her .  
A heaven without dogs aint no heaven at all . Read this in a mag and feel its spot on - UNTIL ONE HAS LOVED AN ANIMAL , PART OF THEIR SOUL REMAINS UNAWAKENED . God bless
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[marksme]

Vets are human and make mistakes. Sometimes it a multiple problems, especially when a dog passes that magic 10 mark in life. So many larger dogs start to have problems past this time. Like humans, we have so many things that cause us pain as we age. Your dog was lucky to have
you there for her. I know the comfort of your love and caring made the difference for her to live a bit longer. I lost a Samyoed dog at 8 1/2 who
had hip displacia and bad heart. His name was Sammy and I thought I
never care for another dog until another sick dog named Jack came into
for life for 5 short up and down years. I still cry to think about him. I can't imagine ever having a better friend so loyal in my life. You take care Jean,
your pain will hurt and your will go through stages, but I want you to know
you dog had wonderful life and loved you more than anything. I pray there is truth about the Rainbow Bridge, because I can't imagine a heaven without dogs. May God Bless You,
Mark

[lindapalm]

Our vet also took too long to diagnose Cushings for our dog, and I felt that she might have responded better if she was diagnosed sooner.  I will continue to go to him for basic things for our other animals, but if theres any type of illness I plan on going to a vet hospital about an hour away that has specialists for every type of illness.  You might pay more, but you get results immediately, if possible, which is what I want.  I'm sorry to hear about your dog, Cushings is a horrible disease for our best friends to have.

[ginger899]

I am so very very sorry about what you and your girl went through.
The frst thought when I read about her hair loss, then the drinking, was Cushing's...and I am not a vet. So yes, it is very disappointing that your vet couldn't have done something about this sooner.

Vets are prohibited from taking back -even unused- medications. I know because I had some unused narcotic painkillers last week. I didn't just want to put them in the bin, in case they fell into the wrong hands, and took them back, thinking they could re-use them. My vet said they are not allowed to, and like me, that he hates the wastefulness of such things, but there;s nothing he can do about the policy. But the vet's office took them off me and said they would dispose of them safely.

I am so sorry about your Penny. It made me very sad to read your post. Because of what you and she had been through, but also because it seems your vet didn't know what he was doing.
It is, however possible that Penny had numerous things wrong with her -not just the ONE thing, and that the vet was trying to cope with each symptom as it arose...and that your poor girl just couldn't take any more