I have a Toy Fox Terrier & Beagle mix that I have always taken to the Avon Lake Animal Clinic. Recently we moved to Connecticut and we welcomed an adorable 6 week old American Bulldog puppy into our family! She is sweet, playful, silly, learns new things by the day,and is super curious. Along with her sill, playfulness and curiosity came a tumble and fall from the bed when she was 8 weeks old. She was crying and I was crying. I knew something was wrong and she was hurt. I was so scared and upset, I rushed my baby girl to the closest veterinarian emergency clinic. At that clinic I learned that when she fell she had broken her leg. It broke my heart to see my little puppy hurting. At that clinic my puppy was taken in for x-rays and the vet stated that they showed that the growth plate was not involved, and he applies a splint that didn't seem to fit very well, and she was able to chew at it. I asked if he was going to give her any pain medication or if I should ice it since it had already started to swell by her paw. He told me I should ""put aside my motherly insticncts and nurturing, she was just a dog!' I was very upset with this comment and knew he didn't care about my puppy as much as I do. She's NOT ""just a dog"", she is a part of my family. She is my 8 week old baby girl. This was not the kind of treatment or comments I have been used to hearing for the 5 years I went to The Avon Lake Animal Clinic with my Toy Fox Terrier. I was not going to except this now. After going home to think it over and calm down I decided to take my puppy for a second opinion. I was on a search fo find an animal hospital that was going to treat my puppy and me with the respect, care, and compassion I am used to receiving while in Ohio at the Avon Lake Animal Clinic. I was able to find an animal hospital (VCA hospital) that treated me and my puppy very well. They sent me to an orthopedic vet to assure that the break really hadn't disturbed the growth plate, which was only determined by a second x-ray from a different angle. At that time a molded cast was put on her leg to make sure that the bone was stabilized, and they fitted her for a no-chew collar. She is now 10 weeks old and healing very well. Today she got her cast removed and her leg x-rayed for the final time. The vet assured me that all is going to be fine, and in just the short time she had the cast on, her leg had grown. We are very grateful for the care our puppy recieved, and extremely happy that her leg is growing and all is well. The Avon Lake Animal Clinic truly sets the standards for what should be expected from other animal hospitals. In the event that it is necessary to find a new vet and clinic when you move, having the positive experiences from there makes it easy to determine the ""O.K."" from an execellent facility. \r
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S.M. from Connecticut formerly of Sheffield Lake
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