By Greyhound Mom at Citysearch April 11, 2012
THIS IS A COPY OF THE COMPLAINT I FILED WITH THE AMA: In the early morning hours of Tue. Oct. 25th. my dog JayCee woke me from my sleep. He was crying and standing at the door to go outside. I took him outside but all he did was stand there and shake, so I took him back in the house to get warm. This happened a couple of times during the night. Around 7 a.m. he started to pant. At this point I became severely alarmed because we know someone who said that their greyhound began panting severely and it was a heart related problem and he died. I then took him directly to Cherryville Animal Hospital for treatment. I knew one of the girls would be there even though they weren't open yet. I spoke to one of the girls and told her his symptoms and that I was concerned about his weight loss. I told her that I had to go to work and I would not be able to bring him during regular office hours for treatment so I figured I could board him and have the doctor look at him and perform tests during the course of the day. I gave them full permission to run any test needed and even signed a paper to that effect. I got a call later that day and they told me that they did xrays of chest and abdomen and everything looked good. They said his sugar was a little high but nothing to worry about. As far as the weight loss he said just to feed him more. The only thing they could find was that he had a UTI. I picked him up that evening and they sent me home with injections of penicillin to be given because he did not take pills well. One of the techs gave him his first shot of penicillin before we left. The next morning he seemed to be favoring the leg in which he got the injection. I called to notify them and they told me that is the leg he got the injection in, so we chalked it up to just being sore in the area of the injection. They offered to recheck him but again I had to go to work and was unable to take off. When I arrived home that evening he had really taken a turn for the worse. His leg was swollen and purple. I called Cherryville, but at that time they were closed so I called Highland Animal Hospital. Dr. Adolf saw JayCee that evening. He stated that he was in a very bad way. There were a couple of things wrong with him. He thought it could be a tick born vasculitis and the injection set things into motion and his blood was not clotting. They did another chest xray even though we had just had one done at Cherryville the day before. Dr Adolf noted a mass or tumor around his heart. He also stated that his heart was unusually small and could not sufficiently pump enough blood through his body. We decided at that point that it was time to say goodbye to our friend. HOW DO YOU TAKE AN XRAY THE DAY BEFORE AND NOT SEE A TUMOR ON AN XRAY? HOW DO YOU HAVE A DOG IN YOUR CARE FOR THE WHOLE DAY AND NOT EVEN WEIGH HIM WHEN THAT WAS ONE OF THE CONCERNS I EXPRESSED? I called Cherryville on Friday and told them what happened. They did not seem very sympathetic at all. I told them that I would be in to pick up JayCee's xrays and notes. I took them to Dr. Adolf at Highland Animal Hospital and he said he could clearly see the tumor on the xrays that were taken at Cherryville the day before. ...read more
By catwoman4 at Citysearch December 29, 2011
we are a family of four cats and we love our doctor myers at cherryville animal hospital :) the staff is one of the best. definitely the nicest group of girls around. their hours are convenient, open late some nights, and saturdays. but it seems they can always fit us in when someone needs to be seen. ...read more
By Concerned April 04, 2009
WARNING: IF YOUR PET NEEDS CARE, SEEK HELP ELSEWHERE. This is the most incompetent clinic I have ever seen and they charge more then others. If you don’t want your pet to go undiagnosed and SUFFER, seek help elsewhere. My cat wasn’t eating so I took him to the vet. They ran blood work and took x-rays. The vet’s exam was substandard and he didn’t seem to mind my cat not eating. All the vet gave me was a big bill and no reason for my cat’s problem. It turned out that my cat had a tumor that was visible on an x-ray, which the Cherryville vet missed and it was even found during the initial palpation exam… Nice that another vet has to find the problem! Not only did the Cherryville vet misdiagnosis my cat, but he failed on 2 visits to diagnosis an infection in my puppy that was also visible on exam. So, for the love of your pet AVOID CHERRYVILLE ANIMAL HOSPITAL and SAVE your pet ...read more
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There are a number of government and private organizations that focus on the care of animals in pet stores. Just as people would treat human beings, animals in pet stores should be treated ethically and with care. Some pet stores can do this by maintaining a code of ethics on the treatment of the... ...read more
