Joe Rueter

Review of Mid-Columbia Pet Emergency Ser...

Our dog was bit by a Rattlesnake on Sunday 5/3 abo...

Our dog was bit by a Rattlesnake on Sunday 5/3 about 5:30 PM. We didn't see it happen, we just noticed she was favoring her front right leg. I checked her out and noticed a couple of marks on her leg, but didn't make the connection at first. After about an hour we noticed her leg was swelling considerable and she was in obvious pain.
We rushed her to Mid-Columbia Pet Emergency and arrived about 7:30 PM. They confirmed it was a snake bite and they took her in for the night. The Staff were great, they told us it's pretty common and she'd most likely be OK. They could tell we were worried sick.
They called first thing in the morning and gave us an update. They wanted to keep her for the day just to be sure. About 2:00 PM on Monday they called and said she was doing well and we could take her home.
They gave us all the information and sent us home with some antibiotics and anti inflammatories and some pain meds.
She improved rapidly and was obviously feeling well, we only had to give her one of the pain meds.
By Thursday she was back to chasing squirrels!!