Over a year ago I found a dog as a stray and took her to the Orange County Humane Society. When I took her in I explained that I believed she was pregnant since I could feel her tummy moving when I held her but if no one claimed their lost pet i wanted to adopt her. I was informed she was pregnant with 6 puppies. I am a young adult working a full time job and I didn't want to raise puppies I just wanted the dog i found and grew attached to. The Humane Society/AAA animal hospital Boarded her for almost 4 months free of charge to me as long as I left the puppies to be adopted or paid to adopt them if I wanted them. While she was there she was never groomed or cared for her teeth became covered with tarter and her fur was badly matted. When I came to pick her up they had spayed her after her delivery and shaved off all her hair. With in 3 days her wound looked infected and was gaping open because the stitches were not properly done and she had scabs from being shaved too closely. I took her to AAA animal hospital and the staff was very rude and the Vet tried to charge me for all kinds of skin tests saying she might have scabies or a fungal infection. I graduated pre-med and although Dogs are different than humans I'm smart enough to know that the skin rash was neither it was an infection from the unclean grooming sheers and if it was fungal i can use any over the counter anti-fungal and make sure she wears a cone. I requested antibiotics which I was granted because of the stitches being infected. I would NEVER recommend taking your pet to this hospital unless you do your homework and are knowledgeable about medical needs.
The staff at this pet hospital will shamelessly try to charge you for unneeded medications and lab tests, they are rude and unhelpful. They also charged me a different price when I went to pay than what I was quoted based on the services i received. It is clear that they do not sincerely care about you their customer or their patients. I have not returned to AAA animal hospital and I am I'm still looking for a trustworthy and caring Vet for my dog. Any recommendations?
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