Banfield Pet Hospital A Sad and Tragic Ending Puyallup Washington

My dog developed a limp, I called Banfield they couldn't see her that day, so i took her to another vet.  That vet took a complete blood test and an x-ray.  They said she had a minor back problem.  The next day I took her to Banfield, they said she need a dental cleaning and a tooth pulled.  I made an appt to do this three days later, but they needed to do a blood test themselves even though the other vet sent them a copy and it was less than a week old (was this really necessary?)  At that time I signed up for their wellness plan which is for a period of one year non-cancellible. 

Within two days after this dental procedure the dog started having seizures .  I took her back to the vet.  The vet said without having to send the dog to a specialist to have a brain scan she said it was probably epilasy (sp) and put her on medicine.  After reading all about the side effects of this medicine I suggested some alternatives but the vet assured me she was on the right medicine.  The side effects of this medicine was that she have extreme difficulty walking and all but blind.  But she did stop the seizures  to this day I do not know if it was the medicine that stopped the seizure or perhaps she was just recovering from the dental procedure.  .  I told her as long as the dog was not in pain and had a will to live I wanted her to live.  She appeared to start going down hill so I did make a appt to put her "to sleep  ".  I stepped out of the area as I could not handle watching this but I walked past the door and saw this little 10 pound dog being  forceably held by two vet assitancts as she tried to get away from them.  This was not a peaceful ending for the dog and the imagine of this little dog fighting to stay alive and it was in my opinion a violent death for a sweet little dog..  All  say is the vet knew my feelings that as long as she had a fight to stay alive I wanted her alive. I have to live with my mistake .   And Banfield  got hundreds and hundreds of dollars ( paid for a years coverage under there wellness plan and she only lived for less than two months after bringing her to Banfileld.  A really big mistake was made in taking her there.

The vet said it would be best if I "put her down" i told her in no uncertain terms that as long as the dog was not in pain and was fighting to get better I would not do that.  Then one day about a month later I thought she had give up as she was slept most of the day and when she did try to walk she fell.  So I made the big mistake of thinking the fight had gone out of her and put her down.

I could not bear to watch this, I was outside the room and they came and got me and said I need to pay the first, which I did and then I glanced through the window and was horrified by what i saw.  The had two vet techs holding her down while she fought them off.  She was only TEN pounds and she put up such a fight it took the vet and two assts. to do this.  It was a violent death and I had I seen her reaction before they started i would have stopped this right then.  The vet instead of making sure I paid the bill knew my feelings that as long as the dog had a will to live I would care for this sweet little dog.

The dog is dead.  I have nightmares about her violent death and know i broke my promise to the dog that I would take care of here as long as she had the will to live.

End of result a dead dog and paying for a full year wellness plan for a dog they killed in less than two months under their care.