So, this evening my office takes an emergency call. We close at 6:00pm and the owner called at 5:55 with a hit by car. We agree to stay to see the dog tonight. When the owner shows up, the first thing she says as she looks over the counter at Bevo "I can't believe that someone would be so cruel to cut his ears off!" I calmly explain that not everyone agrees with ear cropping, but that Bevo is my dog & I as his owner decided that this was what I wanted.
We move on, I take info on the dog, unneutered, 2 year old, male pit bull. I ask the million dollar question "what time did this happen?" She replies, last Monday. I hold it together, and assess the dog. There is an obvious hip out of socket, as well as an elbow out. There are numerous burns all over this dog, and a very large laceration on the dogs shoulder, that has maggots crawling around in it. This dog is in terrible shape (hasn't eaten since last Tuesday). We hooked him up to I.V. Fluids and started antibiotics and pain relief in an effort to gett him a bit more stable before X-Rays tomorrow.
Now how am I the cruel person who had her dog's ears cropped, with anesthesia, and pain relief, when this woman waited a full week to take care of her own poor dog. I think I'd rather have my ears cut off than have to wait for a week to get the medical attention I needed. Sorry, this has just been eating away at me all night.