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firmly believe that Stempy was a victim of VETERINARY
NEGLIGENCE
& SUBSTANDARD
CARE
that resulted in his
preventable death at the hands of BAD vet ANN THOMAS, DVM ~ RODEO DRIVE VETERINARY HOSPITAL ~ MESQUITE, TEXAS |
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Hello.
Welcome to Stempy’s website. This is his
story……
Stempy was
born on July 17, 1997 in Wylie, Texas.
He was, by far, the smallest in his litter. Size-wise, Stempy was an
“Imperial” Shih Tzu.
Many people often remarked that he was the smallest
Shih Tzu they had ever seen. Stempy’s
sire was an AKC Champion…..CH Karyon Del La Rosa’s
Wonder. Stempy’s breeder was Linda Council.
We
bought
Stempy in October 1997 when he was 12 weeks old. When we went to pick
out a Shih Tzu, Linda Council had bathed and brushed all of
Stempy’s bigger brothers and sisters. He was in a kennel with
a bigger brother who was trampling all over him. Stempy immediately
caught our eye. Linda couldn’t believe we were interested in
him. After all, he wasn’t yet groomed and was so tiny. It was
love at first sight! As soon as Stempy was out of the kennel, he came
right up to us with his little tail wagging. There was no question that
he was the one for us!
Stempy
symbolized us. We met July 13, 1997 and Stempy was born July 17, 1997.
We had basically had him the whole time we have been together. Right
from the start, we knew this little boy was special. He was so smart
that he learned to climb the stairs at our apartment after only a few
tries. Next thing we knew, he was zipping up and down the stairs with
ease. He would always stop at the bottom or top of the stairs and wait
for us and snort at us, as if to say, “Come on, Mommy and
Daddy! What’s taking you so long?” When we moved
into our house in 1998, we think he missed the fun of running up and
down the stairs.
Stempy
had
to know that he was from an extensive line of show champions. While he
was too small to show, you couldn’t have told him that. He
thought he could and should be able to do anything bigger dogs were
able to do. He carried himself like a champion. He was so proud and had
the perfect little show dog prance. If he had been bigger, we have no
doubt that he would have knocked them dead in the show ring. He had the
“look,” the “prance,” and, most
of all, the personality of a champion. One look with those big eyes and
he would just melt your heart. Everyone that met him absolutely adored
him. How could you not? His eyes always said, “Love me, hug
me, squeeze me,”…and we were happy to oblige!
We
do not
have any kids. Our dogs are our kids. After we moved into our house,
our number of doggies grew. Stempy
had grown real attached to Muffy. The year was 1999 and Muffy was now
11 and Stempy was 2. Since
Muffy was getting on up there in years, we thought we better get Stempy
another friend. Since we were so thrilled with Stempy, we thought we
would purchase another Shih Tzu from Linda Council. As hard as we
tried, we were unable to get in touch with Linda. (Just recently, after
Stempy passed away, we learned from another breeder that Linda had
sadly passed away several years ago.) We went back to the newspaper to
find Renay, our female Shih Tzu. Renay and Stempy became the best of
friends and partners in crime.
As
Muffy got
older, she ceded authority of the doggie pack to Stempy. Stempy soon
became his “Daddy’s ‘Lil
Deputy,” making sure the other doggies did not get out of
line. Over the years, Stempy had grown really attached to his Daddy and
was his constant shadow. In the car, Stempy insisted on riding on his
Daddy’s shoulders so he could see everything. Yes, he was
very spoiled.
Stempy
was
practically human. He slept above our heads in the bed. He could read
our moods and always knew just what to do to cheer us up, if need be.
He was also a little stinker. He would come up and scratch you on your
leg to get your attention. Then, when you would reach down to pet him,
he would back away from you where you couldn’t reach him, as
if to say, “Haha! You wish you could pet me! But you
can’t reach me!” Then he would snort at you to
taunt you. If he felt like we were not paying him enough attention, he
would turn mischievous and do something he wasn’t supposed to
just because he knew that would get our attention. If we were wrapping
presents, he would come and lay down on the wrapping paper, as if to
say, “Hey! Look at me! I’m your present! Play with
me and scratch my belly!” He was hilarious! We loved him so
much!
Around
1999,
Stempy had his first experience with bladder stones. He did not need
surgery, as the vet at the time flushed the stone back to the bladder
and he was put on a special diet to dissolve the stone and another diet
to prevent a
recurrence. We religiously bought and fed Stempy his prescription diet
for the rest of his life.
We
had never
really had any problems at that vet clinic (we should have kept using
them), but our doggies never saw the same vet twice there. It was
always someone different. We felt, at the time, that it would be best
to find a clinic where the doggies would always see the same vet so
that the vet would get to know our doggies. It was the Fall of 2003
when we made the worst decision of our lives. We decided to change vets
and chose Ann K. Thomas, DVM as the doggies new vet. You can read the
Timeline and the rest of the website to find out about the substandard
care and negligence that Stempy endured at the hands of Dr. Thomas over
the last two years of his life. We trusted her. She betrayed our trust
and now our beloved Stempy is gone forever. This website is here to
tell what happened to our little boy and to help advance our efforts to
exact justice for his unnecessary and preventable death. We will never
forget Stempy. He was truly a once in a lifetime dog that was taken
from us much too soon. Stempy Munson. July 17, 1997 –
September 30, 2005.
----Greg and Cindy Munson The following letter was sent to author Lynda Austin in September 2006. Lynda wrote a book titled, “Heavenly Paws: A Beloved Dog is Reborn.” The book is about the reincarnation of her dog , Maxwell. Her book gives me hope that one day Stempy will return to us. - Greg Munson.
September 2006 Here is the story of our hunt for Stempy….. I have been desperately searching for Stempy reincarnated ever since he passed away 9/30/05. Back in 1999, we decided we wanted a female Shih Tzu and we wanted to get a Shih Tzu from the same breeder, since we were so thrilled with Stempy. As hard as we tried, we were unable to locate his breeder (Her phone numbers no longer worked.) We ended up getting Renay, who is now 7 years old, from a different breeder. She ended up being Stempy’s best buddy. I had not searched for his breeder again until last year. I do not know what possessed me to do so, as we were not looking for another dog, but a few months before Stempy passed away I started the search again. I did know that one day I would want another Shih Tzu from his bloodlines, because of just how special he was, but I did not think that it would be for several more years. I started my search on the Internet by typing in the breeders name into Google. This search lead me to some show results on the website of a Maltese breeder/handler. This person had shown dogs previously for a show breeder with the same name as Stempy’s breeder. I emailed her and inquired if it could possibly be the same person. She emailed me back to let me know that it was indeed the same person, but sadly, she had passed away several years prior. She let me know that all of the dogs went back to the breeder’s mentor. Her name is Pat Fletcher of Karyon Shih Tzu and I was given her email address. I contacted Ms. Fletcher to inquire about the dogs that Stempy was from. She no longer had any of the dogs from Stempy’s breeder, but as those dogs were originally purchased from her, she had the bloodlines. She asked me when would we be interested in a pup. I told her that it would probably be a few years as Stempy had just turned 8 years old. We wanted to find and keep track of his bloodlines for the future. Little did I know, at the time, that Stempy would be gone barely a month later. Stempy was a little bitty boy. His optimum adult weight was about 5 or 6 lbs. He was the smallest in his litter by far. The breed standard calls for an adult size of 9 to 16 lbs. The small ones are rare and occur naturally and they are not necessarily runts. Show breeders do not have them very often because they are breeding for the standard size. The smaller ones seem to run in certain bloodlines. There are breeders now that breed exclusively for the smaller ones. The smaller ones are now known as Imperial Shih Tzu. There is quite a bit of controversy between these breeders and show breeders as show breeders think that breeding exclusively for the smaller ones will destroy the breed. The smaller ones cannot be shown because of their size. I disagree that breeding exclusively for the smaller ones will destroy the breed. I believe that the standard needs to be revised. The Shih Tzu used to be, on average, a much smaller dog than today’s 14 & 15 lb. champions. The empress in China used to carry this dog around in her sleeve. The Shih Tzu then would have had to have been about the same size as Stempy. I most certainly believe that Stempy will return as a male Shih Tzu and I really believe that he will be a tiny imperial boy again. His size was so much a part of who he was. He slept on the pillow above my head in bed. He insisted on riding behind my head on my shoulders in the car so he could see what was going on. He was such a proud and happy little boy. You could tell by the way he carried himself that he was descended from champions. He had such a great personality, that had he been allowed to compete in the show ring, he would have wrapped the judges right around his little paw. He had the perfect little show dog prance and it was as if he glided across the floor. Many people often remarked that he was the smallest Shih Tzu they had ever seen. Everyone who met him fell in love with him. His eyes would just melt your heart. Many people wanted to take our beloved Stempy home with them. Of course, they were teasing, as they knew we would never let that happen. I believe in my heart that if he returns, he will return again as a little bitty Shih Tzu that everyone fawns over. Muffy, our 17 ¾ year old female Lhasa Apso, passed away 10 days after Stempy due to old age and cancer. Those were some pretty rough times for us. We had been preparing ourselves for Muffy’s loss. We certainly had no idea that we would lose Stempy. The analogy I often use is that losing him was like getting hit in the face with a bat. We truly feel that Muffy held on for those 10 days after Stempy died because of our extreme grief. One day, I noticed she was going downhill really fast. I went and picked her up and held her close. I told her how much we loved her and what a great companion she had been for so many years. I told her that, although we would surely miss her deeply, we would be ok. She did not have to stay around for us any longer. I told her she could go ahead and go be with Stempy and for them to take care of each other. We loved them both deeply. Muffy passed away that night. She is also dearly missed, but at least she did get to live a long life for a doggie. I’ve had many dogs in my life. Not to take anything away from any of them, but those two were the best I’ve ever had. They are buried next to each other on the side of our house. Both were buried in sealed Rubbermaid containers with their sweaters, pillows, toys, and other personal effects of both theirs and ours. We kept both of their collars and id tags. Cindy cut a few locks of Stempy’s fur. We still have those things. After Muffy and Stempy passed away, we were so grief stricken we knew we needed some new pups to love to help us cope. In late October, we bought Echo (Muffy’s Echo), a Lhasa Apso. She was born 8/12/05 and just recently turned 1 year old. She is a real sweety and looks a lot like Muffy. We also contacted Pat Fletcher again, of Karyon Shih Tzu. Needless to say, she was surprised to hear from us so soon and saddened by our loss. As she is a show breeder, she did not think she had a “little one” at the moment. We were prepared to wait. I think she sensed our extreme grief and a week or so before Thanksgiving, she called us. She said she did have one little boy who was going to stay little. She said he had already been spoken for, but that she talked to the people and they agreed to choose a different pup. We were thankful and we went and bought Ditto (Stempy’s Ditto). He was born 8/08/05 and also just recently turned one year old. He is closely related to Stempy (first cousins, once removed – see attached pedigrees). He did stay small…he is about 7 lbs at a year old….but he is a little taller and longer than Stempy was. We can tell by the personality that they are from the same bloodlines. We certainly love Ditto very much, but he couldn’t be Stempy because he was born before Stempy passed away. We had never really been ones to believe in reincarnation before Stempy passed away. The pain of losing him was (and continues to be) so severe, it made us consider things we had never really thought about before. I read a little bit about animal reincarnation on the Internet. I immediately started searching for a little boy born 9/30/05….which is the day Stempy died. I have literally looked at thousands of Shih Tzu on www.puppyfind.com since Stempy passed away. We love our new little pups, but still had a desperate longing for Stempy. After a little more research on reincarnation, I accepted that he most likely would not return instantaneously. The desperate search continued. I searched show breeders all over the US. I thought about contacting an animal communicator, but still have not done so. Besides being tiny, Stempy had some other distinguishing features. He had a very flat face with a tiny high set nose. He was gold and white with black tips and a half black mask. He also had a crooked tail…he was born with it….the last inch or so turned at a right angle from the rest of his tail. On February 14 of this year, a show breeder that I had previously emailed contacted me. She told me that she might have what we were looking for. She emailed me a picture. Upon seeing this picture for the first time, I got chills and was overcome with emotion. I think it was the half black mask. Cindy did not have the same reaction as me at first. We both so wanted this little boy to be Stempy reincarnated. The breeder assured me that this was going to be a little boy. Not that we would not love a full size Shih Tzu (Renay, our 7 year old and Stempy’s best bud, weighs 12 lbs), it is just that we both think Stempy will be tiny again…it was just who he was. We still held out hope that this little boy would be small and be Stempy reincarnated. We named him Tempy (O Tempy Be Stempy). He was born 1/4/06. When we picked him up at 9 weeks, his tail started wagging. He does not have a crooked tail. We hoped for a long time that this was Stempy reincarnated. Tempy has grown quite a bit. At now not quite 9 months old, he is already Renay’s size. He is going to be a big boy. Tempy likes to go outside and play in the grass. Stempy would seldom get off the porch and hated the grass. Stempy insisted on riding on my shoulder in the car. Tempy has never once thought about it and now he is too big to ride up there. Tempy is a little lover. He is very sweet and we love him, just like we love Ditto. Tempy is also related to Stempy, first cousins 4 times removed. We have now also come to the conclusion that Tempy is not Stempy. On occasion, I still look at the thousands of Shih Tzu on puppyfind.com. If Stempy comes back, we don’t want to miss him. It has almost become an obsession for me to find him reincarnated, if that’s possible. Maybe because I was always such a skeptic about spirits and reincarnation before Stempy died, I am having trouble knowing if he’s there. He has not shown himself to me or Cindy that I know of. He did appear in a dream of mine for the first time a week or so ago. I dreamed that he had been missing for several months and we finally found him in a shelter. We were soooooooo happy to see each other. Stempy loved Cindy a lot as well, but he was definitely Daddy’s little boy. I have taken his loss extremely hard. I worked countless hours preparing his complaint, only to see it dismissed twice….in the face of tons of evidence proving the vet’s negligence. We are still trying to figure out our next battle on that front. So far, there has been no justice for Stempy’s preventable death. Stempy is so desperately missed. I firmly believe it was not his time to go….his mission not yet complete. Someday, someway…. Greg Munson   Somewhere Over the Rainbow Somewhere over the rainbow Way up high There's a land that I heard of Once in a lullaby Somewhere over the rainbow Skies are blue And the dreams that you dare to dream Really do come true Some day I'll wish upon a star And wake up where the clouds are far behind me Where troubles melt like lemondrops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me Somewhere over the rainbow Bluebirds fly Birds fly over the rainbow Why then, oh why can't I? If happy little blue birds fly Beyond the rainbow Why oh why, can't I? 
 
 
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 What happened to Stempy? Stempy had a problem with bladder stones. This is a condition that needs to be monitored and managed. There is much more to managing this condition than just a diet change. (Read this at VeterinaryPartner.com to learn about Stempy's condition.) Stempy was already on a prescription diet from his previous vet due to a previous problem with stones. This was dealt with by his prior vet nonsurgically. We changed vets in the Fall of 2003 because we never saw the same vet twice at our old clinic. We wanted a vet who would get to know our dogs. It was then that we made the worst decision of our lives in our choice of a new vet. Dr. Ann Thomas - Rodeo Drive Veterinary Hospital (aka Rodeo Dr. Vet Rodeo Dr Veterinary Hospital Canine & Cat Corral , Rodeo Drive Animal ) - was a solo practitioner close to home. We had started buying Stempy’s prescription diet from Dr. Thomas in September 2003. Since Dr. Thomas had never seen Stempy, she required us to provide his records from his previous veterinarian in order to dispense his prescription diet. (*-Note that in Stempy’s records from Dr. Thomas, she claims that his previous records contained no mention of his bladder stone history. If that is the case, then what in the world was she doing dispensing a prescription diet to Stempy without ever seeing him? Isn't that a failure to establish a vet/patient relationship?) Dr. Thomas sold us Stempy’s prescription diet several times before doctor and patient ever met. Stempy
met Dr. Thomas (aka
Ann K Thomas DVM Ann Thomas DVM Ann K. Thomas DVM Ann Thomas,
DVM Ann K. Thomas, DVM Ann K Thomas, DVM Dr. Ann K. Thomas, DVM
) , of
Rodeo Drive Veterinary Hospital (aka
Rodeo
Dr. Vet Rodeo Dr Veterinary Hospital Canine & Cat Corral
Rodeo Drive Animal ),
for the first time under adverse circumstances. In
November of 2003, Stempy had a urethral obstruction (Dr. Thomas and the
Texas Vet Board need to read and reread and STUDY this link on urethral obstruction
and this
link on canine retrograde urohydropropulsion: a standard of care
)
caused by a bladder stone blocking his urethra. This is a medical
emergency.
Of course, all we knew at the time is that Stempy
couldn’t
go pee and he was very uncomfortable. Dr. Thomas was able to wash the
obstruction back to his bladder. As she should, she took radiographs to
see the stone, and she did a urinalysis. Based on the urinalysis, she
changed his diet. She sent Stempy home wearing a catheter to wait a few
days for a cystotomy to be performed. We informed Dr. Thomas of a few
seizure-like episodes Stempy had experienced in his past because we
were worried it would cause problems with his anesthesia. Dr. Thomas
responded to this information by saying, “Oh
really.” (Dr.
Thomas denies this conversation ever occurred – we remember
it
vividly) Stempy had his cystotomy and recovered well from surgery.
Based on lab results, Dr. Thomas again changed Stempy’s diet.
Stempy had one additional urinalysis at one post surgical follow up
appointment that contradicted the lab results and her again changing
his diet. She paid no attention and should have changed his diet again,
but did not...she left him on a diet not even formulated for bladder
stones and had him on this wrong diet for the remainder of his life. From our extensive research after Stempy’s death (also see Consider page of this website), we learned that Dr. Thomas did not follow proper protocol starting with this very first surgery. Dr. Thomas failed to take post surgical radiographs after the cystotomy to verify removal of all stones. Dr. Thomas failed to recommend quarterly urinalyses to monitor his urine. This is a MUST for bladder stone patients as many patients form new stones in the future. Dr. Thomas failed to recommend twice yearly radiographs. This is a MUST with the goal being to catch new stones forming while they are small enough to be removed non-surgically. (Read for yourself - many examples /recommendations from veterinary professionals prove Dr. Thomas did not follow normal protocol: click here, and here, and here, and here, and here, and here) There were several opportunities to recommend a urinalysis or radiograph to us to monitor Stempy’s condition. Dr. Thomas never recommended anything. (See Timeline page of this website.) In March of 2005, Stempy again had a urethral obstruction. We were not sure that is what it was at the time. Dr. Thomas failed to take radiographs to ensure her diagnosis. She again washed the stone back to the bladder to relieve the obstruction. A cystotomy was scheduled for the following week and Stempy was sent home wearing a catheter again. When we went to pick up Stempy post surgery, somehow the stone had magically disappeared, so no cystotomy was performed. We were never shown radiographs to back up Dr. Thomas’ claim. No future monitoring was recommended or performed. In
September 2005, Stempy again had a urethral obstruction that unblocked
itself just prior to going to see Dr. Thomas. Despite his prior
history, Dr. Thomas failed to take radiographs and failed to diagnose
bladder stones, even though she was told he was obstructed and had been
for a day until just prior to coming in. She said he just had elevated
sperm in his urine and sent him home. This event right here
is a
FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE and is BELOW the standard of care ESPECIALLY with
his PRIOR HISTORY of stones WITH THIS VET!
WHY, please tell us, WHY wouldn't you take an x-ray when you have just been told that he had been blocked for a full day AND that WE suspected stones again? Stempy had already had TWO prior episodes WITH HER. This is a MAJOR FAILURE on her part. She must have had an aversion to using her x-ray machine - was it outdated? Looking back on his care, we believe she purposely avoided using her x-ray machine multiple times - when any other vet would have AT LEAST recommended an x-ray! VIOLATION? We believe so. How could the Texas Vet Board just dismiss this case?. ONLY TWO WEEKS LATER, Stempy again experienced a urethral obstruction from most likely the SAME STONE. FROM MOST LIKELY THE SAME STONE THAT FIRST OBSTRUCTED HIM BACK IN MARCH 2005! (Calcium Oxalate stones do NOT dissolve or just disappear - MAJOR FAILURE BY DR. THOMAS - INEXCUSABLE!) She AGAIN failed to take radiographs to confirm diagnosis, location, and amount. She FAILED to properly wash the stone back to the bladder and tried jamming the catheter in to push the stone back to the bladder. She stated in his records that she was unable to collect a urine specimen. She sent Stempy home wearing a catheter and scheduled a cystotomy for the coming week. How would she PASS a catheter and NOT be able to obtain a urine specimen? In fact, how did she relieve the distended bladder caused by the obstruction and yet NOT be able to obtain a urine specimen? As we now know, she had LODGED the catheter to the stone, so much so that she told us the she was unable to remove the catheter. So this begs the question: How did she relieve the distended bladder? There was no cystocentesis done. Did she damage his urethra with the very forceful - and unsuccessful - catheterization? The FAILURE to x-ray on this day is OUTRAGEOUS. Yet, the Texas Vet Board looks the other way. Dr. Thomas ONLY had permission to perform a cystotomy - nothing else. She did NOT perform a cystotomy. She had lodged the catheter to the stone with the forceful catheterization she had performed. She was unable to remove the catheter. She told us that Stempy, himself, removed the catheter, although this is not what she wrote in his records.She performed an unauthorized procedure which she said was a perineal urethrostomy. This is not the procedure she performed, as admitted by the board. SO SHE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT SURGERY SHE PERFORMED? WAS SHE JUST MAKING STUFF UP AS SHE WENT ALONG? Her own vet tech stated she had NEVER performed that type of surgery before. She cut our little boy from his anus to his scrotum - a NINE cm incision - and NO NEW permanent or temporary opening was made - as would be expected with a urethrotomy or a urethrostomy. Remember - we had ONLY authorized a cystotomy. THAT'S IT. NOTHING ELSE. As previously mentioned, three days before this unauthorized surgery, Dr. Thomas had failed to wash the stone back to the bladder and had instead lodged the catheter to the stone. She would have known this if she would have taken a radiograph three days earlier when he was brought in. Instead, Stempy was either still obstructed for those three days or she had damaged his urethra and/or bladder when she attempted the forceful catheterization. Read this link on urethral obstruction and this link on canine retrograde urohydropropulsion: a standard of care again. Instead of referring us to a specialist, Dr. Thomas tried to fix her own screwup. If Stempy was in an emergency situation the day of surgery, then SHE is the one who put him there with her FAILURES three days earlier. INEXCUSABLE. Are these not violations? COME ON!! Stempy was in extreme pain post surgery. We took him back to her EVERY DAY post surgery. Stempy was not eating and was only dribbling urine. She never properly examined him. She just kept changing his pain medicine. Then she gave us a tranquilizer with no pain killing abilities (Acepromazine) and led us to believe it was yet another pain killer. This tranquilizer lowers the seizure threshold and is not recommended for brachycephalic breeds. Two
days post surgery, Dr. Thomas’ clinic DENIED care to Stempy
when
his condition was deteriorating. The clinic stated that
Stempy
would be IN PAIN for 2 or 3 more days and then he would be fine and NOT
to bring him in - YET they had just taken him completely OFF of
painkillers! How INHUMANE is THAT? Violation? Evidently not in Texas.
The very next morning, three days post surgery….Stempy passed away. He was found unconscious and lifeless on his pillow. We rushed him to this vet to no avail. It is our contention that Stempy passed away because of that unauthorized “surgery” that Dr. Thomas had NEVER performed before that would have NEVER have been needed had Dr. Thomas taken radiographs as needed and properly diagnosed and treated his condition. There is NO DOUBT in our minds that Dr. Thomas is 100% responsible for Stempy’s preventable death. Her attitude and failure to properly care for him those 3 days after his unauthorized surgery - to the point that the clinic DENIED Stempy care the night before he died - is deeply disturbing. Did she WANT Stempy to die? She butchered our little boy! (**NOTE: Dr.
Thomas never
recommended or performed any blood tests prior to ANY of the surgical
procedures she performed. Check
the
Records.)
(Visit the Expert Opinion page of this website.) Greg & Cindy Munson (Visit all the various pages of this website for detailed information of the aforementioned events.) Do you need to check the DISCIPLINARY RECORDS of a Texas veterinarian? If you only want PART of the story, with incomplete information, including many disciplined vets who are not even included in the list... click here. If you want MUCH MUCH MORE of the story, with disciplinary information that is actually USEFUL to Texas citizens... click here! www.texasveterinaryrecords.com MUFFY STEMPY     MUFFY 2 CANDLES BURN STEMPY In Memory of Muffy Munson the best doggie in the whole world!  February 10, 1988 October 10, 2005 Muffy, our beloved female Lhasa Apso, passed away due to old age and cancer 10 days after Stempy on October 10, 2005 at the grand old age of 17¾ years old. She is dearly loved and dearly missed! WE LOVE YOU, MUFFY!
Stempy was an AKC
champion-sired
male Shih Tzu. He was only 8 years old. He was truly a once in a lifetime dog. In our opinion, he had about half of his life taken away from him due to the negligent and substandard care he received at the hands of his vet. Unfortunately, Stempy's veterinarian was: ANN K. THOMAS, DVM Rodeo Dr. Veterinary Hospital  Mesquite, Texas In our opinion, we think the DVM means: (D)oesn't know (V)eterinary (M)edicine Be sure to click the page links at the top of the page to learn all about the veterinary negligence that Stempy endured for 2 years because we were all-trusting of this vet. If only we had researched two years prior..... You MUST do your research NOW BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE! No
matter how great you "think" your vet may be, do not
leave it to chance!
NEVER BLINDLYThere
is no 2nd chance for Stempy!
We miss you, little boy! We will NOT let you die in vain! NEVER BLINDLY TRUST YOUR VET! Let us repeat that.... TRUST YOUR VET! Things to do: To check the disciplinary records of Texas vets: To file a complaint against a veterinarian in Texas: Visit other Vet Victims:
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What
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| In our opinion, ANN K. THOMAS, DVM is an incompetent vet based on our experience with her and we would NEVER, under any circumstances, recommend her to anybody with a pet! |
| In our opinion, Stempy is also a victim of the TEXAS STATE BOARD OF VETERINARY MEDICAL EXAMINERS' complaint system that is supposed to PROTECT OUR PETS, but, instead, may very well be protecting GUILTY VETS! Approximately 90% of ALL consumer complaints filed in Texas against veterinarians are DISMISSED as no violation found! |
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