A family say their 'fit and healthy dog' died after a vet would not assess him until the following day because they had arrived eight minutes late for a scheduled appointment.
Mum-of-two, Synnove Garvey, 31, noticed her miniature labradoodle Frankie seemed slightly ill last week while her husband Ben was in hospital. She thought this might be due to the animal missing Ben, who has a long-term health condition and regularly has to stay in hospital, but she soon realised this wasn't the case and booked an appointment with with Vets4Pets in Stockton for the next day.
However, on the way to the vet the mum says she was held up in traffic, and that she tried to phone the practice to warn them she would be late but claims nobody answered, reports Teeside Live.
