09/02/2025
Yesterday Flinke injured her leg during a training session.
We went to an emergency vet, but were met with a 6-8 hour wait time. Fortunately, after calling every vet in a two hour radius, we found one with a 3-hour wait.
While there, we heard the despair of other dog owners saying goodbye to their dogs, lost traumatically over a holiday weekend. We heard vet care professionals trying so hard to stay level-headed while consoling them, and staying positive for other owners.
While the wait time can be tough when we want our dogs to be seen, it really is a privilege to be at the end of the line. Fortunately for Flinke, her leg wasn’t fractured as I’d thought it may be. She will be just fine. And the hours spent at the vet? We doordashed some Cajun fries and enjoyed some time hanging out together, albeit not how we wanted to spend our Sunday.
Be patient with your vet staff. Be kind despite inconvenience. Because at the end of the day, many other people go home without their best friends and would give anything to be deemed non-critical.