Losing your fur baby is tough I'm really sorry for your loss.

years ago our vet put my Moms weiner dog on rimadyl and he told us 10 days on and 10 days off because its so bad for their liver..The side effects were not listed for liver problems but the Vet said he had seen many cases after 30 days of liver failure and damage in many dogs..he reported his findings to them as well..

While the NSAIDS can cause bowel perforation, I would be suspicious of an oversewn bowel with a recent spay.

My heart is with you.

OMG! I'm taking our Lab puppy in for spaying on the 2nd of Sept. That's next week! I'm going to have a serious conversation with my vet about rimadyl before we have the surgery. I'm so sorry for your lose. Hugs to you and your daughter.

I waited until the drug company concluded their investigation before posting the cause of Lucy's perforated colon. I assure you they would not want to accept fault, and have to list it with the FDA, if they did not have too. Or decide compensation before a review board. Before they concluded their findings, I had 2 different vets, and a surgeon saying it was the rimadyl. The second vet, and surgeon have no affiliation with the vet that spayed Lucy.

I did not take her to one of those cheap clinics to be spayed. It was a vet I think highly of, and has been in practice for 35 years. He has never lost a dog this way in all of those years. Since Lucy's passing he has put in a lot of personal time researching rimadyl. Finding there are more dogs having side effects from it, than what he had believed.
Lucy was a special little dog, and I still cry over losing her.

Zoetis called my vet this week, and told him what they are going to be offering me in compensation for Lucy.
Its roughly 20% of what we spent trying to save her. They are calling it a gesture of good will. I can tell you it feels more like a kick in the gut.

I know what I would tell them and then what I would do.

Tell them to watch the movie John Wick if they want see what we feel about our dogs

I've had a settlement offer sitting on the desk for about two months. If I were to sign it,I would never again be able to say how we lost Lucy. I also could never say anything adverse about the company, any of their affiliates, or products.

There's a second one coming out and there's a dog sitting by him in one preview scene. Don't tell me another pooch is going to die.


Kindall - That's a tough one. 'Don't know if I could take the money. But please try to have a good Christmas this weekend.

Real sorry Kindall. I do appreciate you posting this because Kinzie's is out of the same stock. I have used rimadyl many times with my labs and Goldens. I wouldn't have thought twice to give her some if she was sore or in pain. So, thank you. I will make sure Kinz never gets any!

Greg
By not taking the money, I'm hoping to save someone else the heartache we went through. I can tell you even with them trying to manage her pain,that little dog suffered.

Really sorry for your loss. I appreciate the education. Low dose Rimadyl has always been a standard short term treatment for me to use on my old dogs. Sounds like a bad idea now.

X2 that is terrible. So Sorry for your loss

I know there is a very limited choice in anti inflammatory drugs for dogs, and both have the same risks.I would still use one for quality of life in a arthritic dog, as a last resort. I just will not use it where pain can be managed by a safer drug. Had I given her tramadol instead, she would still be with me.

I don't think I could do it unless it were an amount that could change the quality of my life.

Nah, I still couldn't.