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painful uterine infection.

telephone numbers available of days later the dog was happy and
Dr. Nghia was straightforward more than one good Vet in case healthy again. Monster has now
become a big boy, close to 40 kg,
and very clear about the options: something urgently is needed.
and loves to be walked around,
1) Puppy is very weak. I can 2) Don’t get a local Vet involved
and most importantly extremely
operate on her. If she survives unless one has proven to be good
friendly to my son.
and gets over it, she can have a and based on good references
happy life. Puppy may die during from other dog owners and has a Finally, a dog (or cat) is a part
the operation, or shortly after the clean working environment, and of the family. You don’t hit your
operation, since she is very weak. ideally supports animal rescue. I baby so you shouldn’t hit your
would definitely not recommend pet. A dog has feelings and needs
2) You can take Puppy home and
the very large pet hospital in attention. If you notice discomfort
she will live for a short time and
District 5 where animals receive with your pet, make sure that it
die a painful death.
injection after injection. I’ve been gets checked by a good Vet. You
3) I cannot remember if he gave there twice and never again go wouldn’t want to scratch an itch
me option 3 of putting puppy to there. It is cheap but the doctors on your back for weeks, and so
sleep or not. But in case option 1 don’t know what they are doing.
your pet does not want to do it
was not possible I would definitely
Directly after Puppy died the either. Don’t hit or kick you pet.
have asked for this.
house was very empty. I wanted This simply demonstrates that
Option 2 was NOT possible for me. to get another dog but not from you have no connection with your
This would be extremely selfish. the street. A good friend informed pet. Just two days ago I saw in
I loved my dog and it would be me that a very good Vietnamese District 2 a woman hit her small
animal cruelty to let her suffer family in District 2 just had 3 poodle with a big stick on the legs
even more. Puppy first received Golden Retriever puppies and to get the dog inside. Pretty sure
a 2 days treatment to reduce the couldn’t keep them and were that simply petting and giving
load on her kidneys and make looking for a good person to adopt a simple command to the dog
her a bit stronger, and then was them. I went to look and spotted would have given the same result.
prepared for the operation. I came a lovely little boy. So far, all of my
to visit just before the operation pets I had were female and this
and I received a small wag of the was the exception. The dog was
tail to show she was happy to see fully vaccinated, all papers in
me. The operation was completed place and they had the father and
late at night, Dr. Nghia telephone mother of this little “Monster” at
that the operation was successful their home.
but the dog is very weak. So,
I took Monster home and
the next 24 hours should show
everything went well. After 4
whether she survive, or not.
weeks the dog became silent.
Unfortunately, she didn’t. In the Without making the same mistake
early morning I received an SMS again I phoned Dr Nghia’s office.
informing that after 14 years of He was in the UK at that time but
being a part of my family, Puppy his staff would take care. I brought
had died.
the dog to there, blood samples
What advice would you give were taken and the result send
to Vietnamese people in
to Nghia. He concluded that it
becoming a pet parent?
was similar to malaria caused by
Looking back I made some a tick-bite (indeed, one tick was
mistakes that I should not make removed a few days earlier). I was
informed that they were not sure
again:
1) Make sure that I have a list of if the dog would survive. But five
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