JK. I'm really glad the litte fella's gonna' be OK. This is near me so I'm going to see if I can adopt him.
Posted on 07/11/2016 9:02:12 PM PDT by Bullish
FONTANA >> Jack Sparrow is recovering from methamphetamine overdose, but he’s not the fictional pirate of the Caribbean. He’s a small Chihuahua from Fontana.
On July 5, Jack’s owner brought him to the Inland Valley Veterinary Specialists and Emergency Center in Upland, police said in a news release Monday.
Jack’s owner, identified by police as 21-year-old Isaiah Nathaniel Sais, from Fontana, allegedly told doctors he believed Jack may have ingested methamphetamine. And according to test results, he was right.
Jack tested positive for the street drug known as “Crank”, according to the news release.
But Sais left the vet’s office with Jack before he could be treated, authorities said.
Doctors could see the small dog convulsing as his owner carried him away, so they called Fontana Animal Services who quickly acted on the dog’s behalf.
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JK. I'm really glad the litte fella's gonna' be OK. This is near me so I'm going to see if I can adopt him.
High Chihuahua!
Those things are high-strung the way it is, I can’t even imagine.
Chihuahua on meth. What could go wrong.
If I had a dollar for every time my pet OD’d on meth...
No kidding, chihuahaua’s are already naturally sketching. I shudder to think what some blast would do.
You owe me a damn keyboard buddy!
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Interesting. Generally, vets do not turn in customers. They want the business and they are afraid that they will simply abandon the animals rather than seek treatment.
There is a vet in this area making ranch calls who turns folks in for everything he perceives as a violation of the law. There are a few crusader folks that employ him bit for the most part he has little business with that reputation.
"....and I always thought they were hatched in it"
Chihuahua
Every time I see that word, I think about how that guy on “WKRP” pronounced it while “on air”.
“Cha who a who a”.
“As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly”
Here in S.E. Michigan chihuahuas are used as bait for musky fishing........
“But Sais left the vet’s office with Jack before he could be treated, authorities said.
Doctors could see the small dog convulsing as his owner carried him away, so they called Fontana Animal Services...”
That’s probably why the police were involved. If the owner hadn’t left before the dog could be treated, maybe the vet would not have called the po-po. Thank goodness the dog is OK...even if it is a little yapper. (Note - we have two yorkie-poo yappers.)
Most vets are hesitant to call animal services too because, as you have noted, they turn you in to the cops and you can have a felony charge. I know vets who have treated dogs who have been shot, in dog fights (as in dog fight rings), marijuana toxicity, cocaine, etc, who don’t turn them in. The problem will be that no one will seek treatment. No one will tell what they may have been exposed to. It interferes with the vet doing his job. The vet is not the police.
As a horseshoer, I do not turn people in for what I perceive as a violation. I simply turn down the job. If they are molesting kids I would, but that is probably the limit.
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