Country Oak Veterinary Clinic Killed My Puppy

I took my two females, mom and daughter, kicker & goldie to the Country Oaks Vet Clinic March 11, 2008 to get them fixed a routine procedure, thinking that I was doing the right thing, I purchased the certificates from the Marion County Humane Society, knowing that my vet honored the certificates.
I told the vet several times to they would need to be muzzled as kicker didn't like other dogs and Goldie was afraid of people, she was afraid of my boots even when they weren't on my feet (no kidding) and NOT because we did not socialize her and NOT because she was mistreated in any way, I have her mother and brother and neither of them are afraid of people I have two sons who have people coming and going all the time. Anyway, I took kicker in first met with a tech we went over the costs and procedures and I agreed to pay an extra $197.00/ dog to have their blood work done and examined first to insure that they wouldn't have any complications in surgery they weren't to do or give them anything until they first did the blood work. I was worried about it because of how sick Goldie was when she was little, she is one of the puppies I bottle fed, anyway they had me stay with her while they drew kickers blood, etc. she did very good but still no muzzle. They took her back while I went outside to get Goldie from my son. I took her in again I signed the paper work for the extra preop stuff do be done we talked about the hot spots on her skin and the fact that she was on advantage and had just had a treatment the day before and again stressed that she needed to be muzzled. The tech said that I should go because the owner being there makes them more nervous. I kissed Goldie on the head told her she would be ok and handed her leash to the tech and made sure they had my phone numbers. I no sooner got her to work when they called and told me that Goldie had tried to bite the tech while she was trying to draw her blood so they tried to muzzle her and couldn't so the vet, who by the way was a new vet and I wasn't told my old vet wasn't there, gave her a shot of 50mg Telazol which is supposed to be a sedative, but it killed her. I told them not to touch my other dog and me, my husband and my daughter went back to the vets office I asked them over and over why they didn't listen to me and they kept trying to make up excuses and were very cold and nonchalant about the whole thing, I went outside, my daughter stayed trying to get copies of the paper work and she kept asking them why they didn't follow procedure and Dr. Slava said "SHOULDA COULDA WOULDA".
I took Goldie to another vet here in town, She said that she NEVER would have given Goldie the Telazol as it causes seizures and increased heart rate even when a dog is calm, and she won’t use it on any of her animals it is used on big cats like tigers, she said that if Goldie was afraid her heart was already racing and the drug increased it to the point that she had a heart attach. I have spoken to several other vets and they agree they do not use this sedative on a dog already distressed, and most wont use it at all expecially by IM. I looked up this drug and it says that you should not give it to a dog around the time they have had a flea treatment, which as you already read I had told them that Goldie had just had her treatment and that it is known to cause cardiac arrest in Boxers, hello, a boxer is from the bulldog family and Goldie is ½ American bulldog and it also states that a complete health evaluation and blood work is necessary PRIOR to giving this to any animal, as it can cause serious problems in animals with underlying health conditions if they had even bothered to look at her prior records, which are at their office, they would have seen the hard start and the medical issues that she had in the past and would have known that the possibility of a problem was there. I also looked up the vet and found out that she has only been practicing since January 08, again I was never told that my vet, was no longer there or that she was a brand new vet. Goldie was my baby, I delivered the puppies, I bottle fed her and 5 of her brothers and sisters every two hours for two weeks until they were able to eat a mixture of ground up puppy food and ebsilac, and then eventually solid foods, I took them to the vet every couple of weeks having them checked out, I also have one of the brothers who is now lost without her they have never been apart he walks around with her toy in his mouth and will not eat unless I put food in her bowl too, she was a part of our family, my baby, to them I was there mother, I took her to who I thought had helped me save them, someone that I trusted and they killed her because she was scared and because they wouldn’t listen to me. They completely ignored her medical history and everything that I told them and gave her an overdose of a drug that killed her and NEVER should have been given to her in the first place.
I am filing this complaint with every board, department, person I can think of so that this vet, Dr. Slava, will not be able to do this to someone elses baby and against Dr. Ramirez, the owner, for not properly supervising her staff because if the tech had listened to me she would have been muzzled, she would have noted the flea treatments, and my concerns about her medical history, and maybe just maybe they would have done the blood work and she should NOT have allowed a brand new vet, who I have been told has lost other pets since she started there she has killed at least one other dog using this drug. Nor should they have allowed someone to work on my babies without telling me in advance that 1) was NOT their regular vet and 2) that she has only had a license since January 1, 2008. I never would have let her given the procedure that was going to be done and Goldie’s prior health issues. Dr. Slava, Dr. Ramirez and Country Oaks were grossly negligent in killing my 9 month old baby girl, they completely ignored her history, and my concerns and showed no remorse for what they did. Goldie may have been a dog to them but she was my baby I will NEVER be able to get the look on her face as she looked up at me crying, as if to say, mommy please don’t leave me, as I kissed her on the top of her head telling her she would be OK and I can not stand by and let them do this to someone else’s baby. My whole family is devastated over losing her, I am ridden with grief and guilt for leaving her with what turned out to be an inexperienced, uncaring so called veterinarian. We are supposed to be able to trust the vets and their staff, we should be able to believe that they are going to do no harm.
On top of all of this after obtaining copies of all of my pets records, I also discovered that the tests they ran on Kicker showed that she has heart worms, they did NOT tell me, they offered her no medication, and if they had used this drug on her before I told them not to touch her, she would also be dead. Neither of these two people deserve to be able to treat or even be around animals and should be brought up on gross negligence and criminal charges.

Last night I was given a written statement from someone who has personal knowledge of this incident and they told me that Dr. Slava and the tech pinned Goldie between a large fence gate and a wall using the gate to push up against her body to hold her against the wall so they could give her the shot, they also state that bloodwork is ALWAYS done prior to sedation and never should have been given to her since her mother Kicker had already tested positive for heart worms.