How to begin this rant...
Lets start with my scheduling Horse Girls ultra sound.
What a fiasco. The long and the short of it is that there is a new office person, and she and I were not able to communicate. I though I had made an appointment with Dr. Peters on Friday, she thought I'd made one with him on Thursday.
Jamison, 2008.
So on Thursday I got a phone call asking if everything was OK and if I would be there soon....well actually it was a message, that I promptly returned, and ended up with an appointment on Friday with the New Vet.
At the new hospital...they have closed the Post Falls Office...which didn't impress me. I loved the Post Falls Office. I knew how long it took me from my front door to their front door...Have I ever mentioned that I L.O.V.E. routine and familiarity?
Well I do!! (0:
So I was able to get to the new hospital easily enough and get there 10 minutes before my appointment... This made me very happy. I hate to be late. I like to be a wee bit early.
Tony, 2009.
Pulling into the new hospital, I was NOT impressed with the parking lot or the location of the office to the hospital. You had to get out of your rig to go in and check in... Which you may think is no big whoop, but there is a sign that says you can't go any farther without checking in. And to do this, you have to literally stop in the middle of the lot and no one can get by you until you're checked in. Luckily I was parked and unloaded when the OTHER two trailers came in. I did not see if one of them had to stop in the street to wait for the other to finish checking in or not...
The parking lot was huge once you got past the bottle neck. The outside stalls were nice and large. The exam room was nice and very large. An MRI machine was parked outside, and the exam room had a huge roll up garage door. That way they could take the MRI in and our of this area. They had huge indoor stalls. and all kinds of new stuff all over the place.
Wahoo!
Scarlet and Missy, 2009.
I honestly cannot remember the New Vets name. She is little blonde and well...she stinks. Not literally, but definitely figuratively!!
As I loaded Horse Girl into the stocks, I tried to fill in the New Vet in on all we've been through... But the New Vet cut me off twice when I was trying to give her some back story, because well, I suppose she knows everything about everything... The New Vet turned the screen to herself, asked me to hold her head and hunted for my foal. She announced that she found an ovary. Then said, guess I need to clean her out more, because I cannot see the other ovary. So more scooping...more looking, NO SHOWING... Once she announces that she has found the second ovary I ask her if there is any fluid visible. She said no. Thank God. No fluid. I saved my breath on why I wanted to know.
Calamity, 2008.
Then the New Vet asked me if I was going to re-breed. And I told her that I probably would. She said, so you want to short cycle her. In my head I'm thinking, "REALLY?? It's the middle of September, who breeds in September???"
I tell her I was talking about NEXT year. She said something to the effect that she was wondering about me... I just laughed and told her I wonder about myself some days too.
She told me to load up and head to the office so that I could take care of my bill, she'd send it over momentarily.
Breeze, 2011.
So out I went. As we headed out, I looked at the other customers that were there. Both had trailers and were standing by horses that were in the outdoor pens. I guessed they were there for a pick up and waiting on the New Vet.
Remi, 2012.
Got to the office and waited. Waited, waited, and waited some more. I was sitting there actually thinking that I wished I'd had my cell phone with me so I had something to do while I was waiting for them to get there stuff together. Funny how your cell phone can become such a crutch...
Anywhoo in struts the vet and she says, so what did you say your horses name was. Horse I said, it's so bland its easy to forget.
She smiles and says oh, no I think it's clever.
O.K. then, clever.
Fiona, 2012.
One of the office staff asks if I am going to try again next year. I said, yes, no, maybe. I really don't know right now. Then the vet says wow you've got a lot of horses. I asked her what? She says I'm looking at your files and you've got a lot of horses, so maybe not having one more isn't such a bad thing.
Well O.K. then. I really didn't know what to say.
What I wanted to do was jump across the desk and give her an a$$ whooping. Who cares how many horses I have??
My retort was pretty weak...
I just said, I don't have all of them now. Some are my sister's, a few were my old landlords, one is dead now, I've sold a few... All I've got at my house is three.
She just stared at me and so did everyone else.
Wonder what my face looked like.
I was and am still MAD. And sad... I wanted Horse Girl to be preggo... And to have a vet insult me, like I'm some sort of hoarder or something...
Midori and Bender, 2006.
GRRRrrrrr....
Chix, 2012.
After Horse Girls false negative on the culture that probably prevented her pregnancy at this vets office... Mindy's bad experience with them (that I haven't mentioned), the fact that the ultra sound cost me $76.00, and this New Vets stupid comment, I'm not sure if I'm gonna use these guys any more. After 10 years -/+, I'm just not sure...
Sally, 2012.
Hopefully I won't have to think about it until spring. When I'm less upset about everything...
Mave, 20009.
And for the record, I've had quite a few horses through that vets office. But for the record, it's not really that MANY horses! (0:
I'm going to list them for fun....
Horse Girl, 2012.
Quoata- My old mare...we put her down in 2007 at the age of 23.
Midori- My little one eyed mare, out on a care lease for the last 7 years.
Kope- Now my mom's horse.
Dolly- The landlords horse that he sent to slaughter.
Mave- Dolly's baby. Living at the landlords.
Libby- Landlords buddies mare I rode for a summer.
Jamison- Libby's baby, living at the landlords.
Scarlet- Landlords mule.
Missy- Landlords mule.
Tony- Landlords horse.
Sally- Mindy's horse.
Horse Girl- Our spotted donkey! (0:
Daylee- Kope's full sister. Sold her to some nice people. I still get updates, I'd buy her back if they ever got tired of her and wanted to get rid of her!
Easy- Horse Girls son. Same sire as Fiona, one year younger. Starting to make a pretty good heading horse.
Bender- Midori's son, sired by a grandson of Frenchman's Guy.
Creed- Midori's son, sired by Horse Girls sire. I used to drive by him everyday, but haven't seen him since last fall... I have considered stopping by and see if they sold him.
Hennessy- Landlord's stud colt. Full sibling to Mave. Sire to Horse Girl's twins that we lost...accidental breeding...careless landlord...what a load of drama...
Breeze- Mindy's good barrel horse.
Chix- Mindy's half sister to Breeze that she sold.
Lucy- Crazy mare Mindy bought, I rode for a summer. Then we re-homed to a kid in Wyoming.
Fiona- My baby! (0:
Calamity- Fiona and Easy's sibling by the same sire. Sold to Las Vegas...
Jack-Jack- Chad's Hee-Haw.
Patron- My Hee-Haw.
Tari- You all know Tari!!
Speedy- Tari's colt... You all know Speedy!!
Princess- Same owner as Libby. I tried to buy her as a three year old. Guy wanted 10K for her. (For nor good reason...he's a doctor, well retired now...but there was no way she was worth that...) She was also a granddaughter of Doc Tari. Same as our Tari. Only this Tari is a paint horse. I can't remember all of her paint lines, but I loved that mare!
Daylee, 2006.
And that is all I can remember right now. There could be more, but there is definitely not less! (0:
Quoata, 2006.
So on Thursday I got a phone call asking if everything was OK and if I would be there soon....well actually it was a message, that I promptly returned, and ended up with an appointment on Friday with the New Vet.
At the new hospital...they have closed the Post Falls Office...which didn't impress me. I loved the Post Falls Office. I knew how long it took me from my front door to their front door...Have I ever mentioned that I L.O.V.E. routine and familiarity?
Well I do!! (0:
Lucy, 2008.
The parking lot was huge once you got past the bottle neck. The outside stalls were nice and large. The exam room was nice and very large. An MRI machine was parked outside, and the exam room had a huge roll up garage door. That way they could take the MRI in and our of this area. They had huge indoor stalls. and all kinds of new stuff all over the place.
Wahoo!
I honestly cannot remember the New Vets name. She is little blonde and well...she stinks. Not literally, but definitely figuratively!!
As I loaded Horse Girl into the stocks, I tried to fill in the New Vet in on all we've been through... But the New Vet cut me off twice when I was trying to give her some back story, because well, I suppose she knows everything about everything... The New Vet turned the screen to herself, asked me to hold her head and hunted for my foal. She announced that she found an ovary. Then said, guess I need to clean her out more, because I cannot see the other ovary. So more scooping...more looking, NO SHOWING... Once she announces that she has found the second ovary I ask her if there is any fluid visible. She said no. Thank God. No fluid. I saved my breath on why I wanted to know.
Then the New Vet asked me if I was going to re-breed. And I told her that I probably would. She said, so you want to short cycle her. In my head I'm thinking, "REALLY?? It's the middle of September, who breeds in September???"
I tell her I was talking about NEXT year. She said something to the effect that she was wondering about me... I just laughed and told her I wonder about myself some days too.
She told me to load up and head to the office so that I could take care of my bill, she'd send it over momentarily.
So out I went. As we headed out, I looked at the other customers that were there. Both had trailers and were standing by horses that were in the outdoor pens. I guessed they were there for a pick up and waiting on the New Vet.
Got to the office and waited. Waited, waited, and waited some more. I was sitting there actually thinking that I wished I'd had my cell phone with me so I had something to do while I was waiting for them to get there stuff together. Funny how your cell phone can become such a crutch...
Anywhoo in struts the vet and she says, so what did you say your horses name was. Horse I said, it's so bland its easy to forget.
She smiles and says oh, no I think it's clever.
O.K. then, clever.
One of the office staff asks if I am going to try again next year. I said, yes, no, maybe. I really don't know right now. Then the vet says wow you've got a lot of horses. I asked her what? She says I'm looking at your files and you've got a lot of horses, so maybe not having one more isn't such a bad thing.
Well O.K. then. I really didn't know what to say.
What I wanted to do was jump across the desk and give her an a$$ whooping. Who cares how many horses I have??
My retort was pretty weak...
I just said, I don't have all of them now. Some are my sister's, a few were my old landlords, one is dead now, I've sold a few... All I've got at my house is three.
She just stared at me and so did everyone else.
Wonder what my face looked like.
I was and am still MAD. And sad... I wanted Horse Girl to be preggo... And to have a vet insult me, like I'm some sort of hoarder or something...
GRRRrrrrr....
After Horse Girls false negative on the culture that probably prevented her pregnancy at this vets office... Mindy's bad experience with them (that I haven't mentioned), the fact that the ultra sound cost me $76.00, and this New Vets stupid comment, I'm not sure if I'm gonna use these guys any more. After 10 years -/+, I'm just not sure...
Hopefully I won't have to think about it until spring. When I'm less upset about everything...
And for the record, I've had quite a few horses through that vets office. But for the record, it's not really that MANY horses! (0:
I'm going to list them for fun....
Quoata- My old mare...we put her down in 2007 at the age of 23.
Midori- My little one eyed mare, out on a care lease for the last 7 years.
Kope- Now my mom's horse.
Dolly- The landlords horse that he sent to slaughter.
Mave- Dolly's baby. Living at the landlords.
Libby- Landlords buddies mare I rode for a summer.
Jamison- Libby's baby, living at the landlords.
Scarlet- Landlords mule.
Missy- Landlords mule.
Tony- Landlords horse.
Sally- Mindy's horse.
Horse Girl- Our spotted donkey! (0:
Daylee- Kope's full sister. Sold her to some nice people. I still get updates, I'd buy her back if they ever got tired of her and wanted to get rid of her!
Easy- Horse Girls son. Same sire as Fiona, one year younger. Starting to make a pretty good heading horse.
Bender- Midori's son, sired by a grandson of Frenchman's Guy.
Creed- Midori's son, sired by Horse Girls sire. I used to drive by him everyday, but haven't seen him since last fall... I have considered stopping by and see if they sold him.
Hennessy- Landlord's stud colt. Full sibling to Mave. Sire to Horse Girl's twins that we lost...accidental breeding...careless landlord...what a load of drama...
Breeze- Mindy's good barrel horse.
Chix- Mindy's half sister to Breeze that she sold.
Lucy- Crazy mare Mindy bought, I rode for a summer. Then we re-homed to a kid in Wyoming.
Fiona- My baby! (0:
Calamity- Fiona and Easy's sibling by the same sire. Sold to Las Vegas...
Jack-Jack- Chad's Hee-Haw.
Patron- My Hee-Haw.
Tari- You all know Tari!!
Speedy- Tari's colt... You all know Speedy!!
Princess- Same owner as Libby. I tried to buy her as a three year old. Guy wanted 10K for her. (For nor good reason...he's a doctor, well retired now...but there was no way she was worth that...) She was also a granddaughter of Doc Tari. Same as our Tari. Only this Tari is a paint horse. I can't remember all of her paint lines, but I loved that mare!
And that is all I can remember right now. There could be more, but there is definitely not less! (0:
3 comments:
Yeeeeah, I'd probably be looking for a different vet too. Don't need opinionated superior types. You had a lot of pretty nice horses pass through your hands over the years. I'm somewhere around 40 I think- only 5 now, but I've bought and sold a lot of horses.
I'd definitely be looking for another vet! The gall of those folks! I'd be major pissed too!
We've only had five, course we only started 10 years ago too :)
Thanks ladies! I'm going to ask a few of my horse friends who don't use this office who they use and why...
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