minnie swallowed a ball

[MaxnMinnie]

Monday morning after walking the dogs at 6AM when it was still dark outside, I let Minnie and Max run free inside my house. A while later I realized Minnie had something in her mouth. I tried to get it out, she wouldn't let me. Next, I tried to give her a treat in exchange for whatever she had in her mouth and instead of dropping it.. she ate it! Nobody in my family had ever seen the ball before.

Sunday, the day before, my parents had hosted a monthly church get together. One family has a mentally disabled daughter. I found out after making phone calls that the parents had forgotten a small stressball at my house, but they took the other ball that they daughter brought home. Well, it turns out that Minnie now has that ball inside her stomach and it is causing her to throw up. I am SO angry because this could have been preventable. This is costing my family a lot in vet bills and if we can't afford this, we are looking for a rescue to take her in. The other family has only apologized and has not even offered to pay partial

I understand that they are kept busy with their daughter, but I believe that this should not be an excuse. The least they could have done is paid partial.

They have lied about the size of the ball, and only would admit to that they left a ball at our house. They also won't answer my phone call or return my messages. A part of me feels like they just assumed that the dog would play with the ball, could care less. The parents weren't even the ones that would admit, I had to go trough hunting down their son's number and talking to him. He never called me back instead he, of course, called his mother who called mine.

Please pray for her.. we are going to get xrays at 2 today

[Purple-peep]

I'm really sorry your poor baby is going through this!

So you want to rehome her because you can't afford to get the ball out?

I have a 5 year old boy who has lots of little toys. He is never allowed to leave anything around, that the dogs can swallow. I over check contantly, to make sure there is nothing around that they can get into. It's my job as a dog owner, to keep my dogs safe.

At this point, please concentrate on the dogs health, not where the ball came from.

[Matilda's mommy]

Originally Posted by Purple-peep

I'm really sorry your poor baby is going through this!

So you want to rehome her because you can't afford to get the ball out?

I have a 5 year old boy who has lots of little toys. He is never allowed to leave anything around, that the dogs can swallow. I over check contantly, to make sure there is nothing around that they can get into. It's my job as a dog owner, to keep my dogs safe.

At this point, please concentrate on the dogs health, not where the ball came from.

[Rocky's Mom]

I'm so sorry this happened to your sweetie. I will be praying! Do hope you can come up with a plan with the Vet, so you can keep her. Some people do not realize how expensive vet bills can be. I agree they should have called you directly and asked if there was a way they could be any help to you. But right now you have your baby to focus on. Please update us with any news.

[Ladysmom]

Where the ball came from is not important. Getting Minnie well is the issue.

Here is a list of resources that will help with vet bills:

Financial Assistance with Vet Bills

[Maglily]

I hope Minnie is well soon.

[pammy4501]

There is also Care Credit. It does allow for, I believe 6 months of interest free payments. Perhaps you could swing it if you didn't have to pay it all up front. Most vet offices take this and can even assist you in getting approved. This is why I carry pet insurance on all my dogs. I would also have a hard time (as most would) to come up with a large payment for a surgery. I truly hope you don't have to give up your dog due to an unforseen medical situation. Even young healthy dogs can require costly vet services. Everyone needs to prepared on some level for that. It's part of dog ownership.

[poochie2]

Oh I hope your minnie is ok. I hear your frustration with the other family not being helpful and ignoring your calls. That is pretty rude of them !
I hope everything works out for you !

[oliveira101903]

I hope Minnie is okay. As pet owners we need to keep in mind unexpected issues can happen and yes they can be expensive . Your dog should be top priority not who is to blame. Please get her to the vet right away poor baby. Dogs are like children we as parents are responsible for them !!!!!

[MalteseJane]

I am shocked at some of the answers here. Obviously her dog is her first priority or she would not have already an appointment at her vet to do x-rays.
It is one thing to have to pay for vet bills in normal circomstances, but if you end up with a huge bill because of somebody else, it makes a lot of a difference. I would be fuming too. I also think that Minnie's mom needed to vent and instead of getting the support she needs right now she is getting blasted.
I hope Minnie will be alright and that she won't need surgery.
Besides Carecredit and other help available to pay the vet bill, what about doing a fundraiser at the church since this came after a church meeting in your parents home ? What about liability insurance ? (those people's insurance or your parents). I don't know, but it might be worth looking in to it.
Lets hope you won't need any of this and that Minnie will be ok.