Definately not a rodent

just a pet in need...
A family was on vacation, they thought they did everything right. They put their dog in boarding with all of that dog’s medications and emergency veterinary information, what happened was far from all right.

The dog had a history of seizures (and the boarding place knew this, the dog was on a significant amount of medication, at least 10 pills), the dog had seizures while there so they sent him to the emergency vet.

After the vet stabilized the dog and went to discharge him, the boarding facility refused to take him back.

The boarding was already a few hundred dollars.  The emergency vet was already at $1300.  It would be $200 a day to keep the dog at the hospital until the family got back, an additional $1000.  They were left with the painful choice of having to euthanize their dog or find a rescue group to temporarily foster him.  They contacted a bully rescue in Lyons, Oregon.  (The dog is an English Bull Terrier Cross – the breed of dog used in the Spuds McKenzie and Target ads.)  As her foster homes were full, she posted to our rescue group forum.

F.A.T.E. from the Heart, that would be me, received an alert, and despite the fact we deal primarily with rodents, I’d see what I could do.

I made the offer to transport the dog on Saturday if a foster could be found OR to transport the dog to a different hospital that had less expensive medical boarding.   People had volunteered in Longview, WA and Seattle, WA to foster him.  I would have driven to Seattle, but I wanted to see if there was a more reasonable boarding option.  I found Frontier Veterinary Hospital in Hillsboro offered medical boarding for $50 a night, much less than $200 a night.  The owner made the decision to transfer him there. 

Anyway, the trip was made on Saturday and the dog was brought to a very nice facility to await his pet parents coming home this week.  I was so glad to be able to help.

I am looking to find out who the boarding facility was because people need to know that information, but I wanted to be sure and share an experience that luckily turned out ok.  Research where you board your animals and have a back-up plan in the event that boarding facility flakes out.