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Jun-17-2015 01:13 PM
Naio wrote:
I had a bad shock on the phone with vet tech just now. When I arrived at ER with cat and the dog owner, and I was filling out intake paperwork, I asked dog owner his last name, to put him down as responsible party. He took the clipboard out of my hands and said he was writing down his name and address. He then took the forms over to the intake window, conferred with the woman there, gave her his credit card, etc.
Vet tech now tells me they did NOT get his last name or address, and that he is not on any paperwork as responsible party. And he is not returning their phone calls.
I feel dumb that I trusted, but the vet intake woman was right there when he said he was writing himself down as responsible party, and she bent over the form with him. I never imagined they were not doing what they said they were doing.
Is there anything I can do, legally? We are looking at about $1000-1500 in addition to the $1800 that he did pay at intake.
Jun-17-2015 08:33 AM
Go Dogs wrote:RVcircus wrote:
We keep our cats indoors with the occasional trip to the fenced garden and the dog is leashed or fenced. We have people that let their dogs and cats roam the neighborhood and I've had to chase off aggressive dogs in our yard. With kids that play outside it's always a concern for us. Sadly if that was my cat I would have killed the dog.
Even sadder-the dog and the cat were not at fault. The humans were.
Jun-17-2015 04:41 AM
Naio wrote:dspencer wrote:
By all means I hope your precious kitty survives this. Let's hope this dog wasn't running loose and out of control, heaven forbid this could happen to a child or adult for that matter.
Yes.4X4Dodger wrote:
If the Cat was in the dogs yard and the dog was protecting it's territory, I dont think there is much to be done. This is nature at work.
However if the dog was running loose then you need to call animal control and report this.
Nope.
The pit bull was running loose. The cat was in my backyard, 160 feet from the street, 500 feet from the dog's yard. The dog came into my backyard and that's where it found the cat.
I don't know if it would have done the same thing to a small human child in my backyard. Maybe if the child ran.
Jun-17-2015 04:20 AM
Naio wrote:
Is there anything I can do, legally? We are looking at about $1000-1500 in addition to the $1800 that he did pay at intake.
Jun-16-2015 10:41 PM
Naio wrote:
Thanks so much, everyone who has posted good wishes :). The vet is cautiously optimistic.
You know how you bond more deeply with some animals? This cat is like that for me.
Jun-16-2015 09:38 PM
Jun-16-2015 07:57 PM
dspencer wrote:
By all means I hope your precious kitty survives this. Let's hope this dog wasn't running loose and out of control, heaven forbid this could happen to a child or adult for that matter.
4X4Dodger wrote:
If the Cat was in the dogs yard and the dog was protecting it's territory, I dont think there is much to be done. This is nature at work.
However if the dog was running loose then you need to call animal control and report this.
Jun-16-2015 07:54 PM
Jun-16-2015 06:45 PM
Jun-16-2015 04:24 PM
Go Dogs wrote:
Even sadder-the dog and the cat were not at fault. The humans were.
Jun-16-2015 12:56 PM
RVcircus wrote:
We keep our cats indoors with the occasional trip to the fenced garden and the dog is leashed or fenced. We have people that let their dogs and cats roam the neighborhood and I've had to chase off aggressive dogs in our yard. With kids that play outside it's always a concern for us. Sadly if that was my cat I would have killed the dog.