I recently moved here from WV and have a 9yr old Japanese Chin with a serious heart murmur and recent surgery to remove 8 bladder stones. A few weeks after the surgery, another stone not previously seen on xrays blocked his urethra and had to be flushed back into his bladder. He recently started bleeding from the irritation of the stone so I looked on the Internet to find a local vet. Dr. Snider not only did not introduce himself, let alone shake my hand, but he never acknowledged his patient, my dog. His only acknowledgement of my dog was to listen to his heart murmur and feel for the bladder stone I already know is there.The previous vet caught a urine sample while my dog peed - Dr. Snider wanted to stick a needle into his bladder and draw out a sample. Next he recommended an xray to see if he had a stone - which I already told him was there and which he felt. He told me the xray could be done at that time if I "could handle the $150." When I didn't buy the food which would make his
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