I went in to put my cat to sleep after making the decision.
First, my Wife and cat waited in the car. I wanted to make sure the doctor was ready, which is not out of the question in a case of putting an animal down. Yes, making the doctor wait for a change.They said yes, he's ready. Well, he wasn't. We waiting for about 10 minutes.
He came in to give the pain killer injection and said he would be back in 3 to 5 minutes. He then came back, and started shaving my cats front arm. A scary thing for a cat that doesn't like the vets office. He then started to give the fatal injection, my cat struggled. The doctor said, I'll need to give him more. He left the office, came back gave him another shot, and left.
He came back in and said, ""that should do it"" and shaved or cleaned up the place he had shaved before. Apparently, not good enough for him. Then he administered the fatal shot. My Wife rushed out of the room finally, just before death.
The doctor never used our names or my cats. My Wife thinks he didn't even know if he was a boy or girl as he just used the name cat.
There was no compassion at all, no dignity. Putting a cat down has to be the worst experience anyway, but this office didn't help things, in any way shape or form.
I then sent them an email requesting my other cats records, and to inform them how they could have been a little more compassionate of the situation to better their practice. They never responded.
I would not recommend this office to my worst enemy, let alone my favorite cat or dog.
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