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Review for Give a Dog a Home Rescue, Sebec, ME, USA
I adopted a dog from this rescue almost a yr ago. He came to ME from Tx with Heartworm. Jenny put him outside with all the other dogs where mosquitoes were able to bite him then go from dog to dog. No, HW isn't contagious like a cold. It's spread by the bite of a mosquito, just one bite can spread it to many dogs. While Tx is full of it, Maine is not. He spent a month outside this way before he was treated with a fast kill treatment, basically arsenic 2 shots 24 hrs apart from each other in his back muscle. It's extremely painful but per the vet, more so to an under weight dog such as him. Then 18 days later he had bilateral FHO (Femoral Head Osteoectomy). She then put up a fundraiser the day of the surgery and told me I couldn't bring him home until all the money was raised for him, she didn't have the money. He stayed at the vets 9 days until all money was raised. I got him home with a draining left him and fluid under them both. Less then 48 hrs he was at the Emergency Vet with both hips infected. The left hip was re-opened and drained. He ended up on entended antibiotics. Apparently it wasn't what he needed. He finished an 12 wk course of antibiotics about 4 wks about when we thought all was well with his hips. His bone actually was infected from that originally infection, from a dog that had no immune system to have a major surgery. Vets have said after HW treatment no surgery should be done for 6 months of any kind, but it was more profitable for this rescue. I have been adviced to sue...
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How would you describe the help you got from this organization?
None
How likely are you to recommend this organization to a friend?
Unlikely
How do you feel you were treated by this organization?
Badly
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2016
No dogs are kept outside. Dr. Miles, Foxcroft Veterinary Services, decides on what treatment is necessary and when as well as surgery. As was explained to you when you was coming to the rescue, I was told and have emails to prove that he was HW negative, his paperwork showed different when he arrived. I immediately did what was needed as per the veterinarians instructions. He was also discharged to you from the veterinarians office so that if you had any questions, or concerns, you were now his official owner and would be able to take it up directly with the vet - this was what you wanted. I keep dogs at the vets for a few weeks after a major surgery (costing more), so that they can get the support that they need and rest in a quiet environment, you was the one wanting to take him home sooner. He couldn't be discharged until the bill had been paid, which I did set up a fundraiser for. If you had any problems with the surgery, this should have been taken up with the veterinarian.
