zydyjotofe
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I stayed with a former friend who had 8 dogs & cats. The sanitary conditions of her house where deplorable. I am certified in vet assisting. Upon my first week there, I noticed one of her dogs to exhibit symptoms of mange(scabies). I advised her to take him to a vet but she refused saying it was just a rash and that a vet visit would be too expensive. A couple weeks into my stay I started developing this same "rash" all over my body, and assumed it to be a severe case of acne. My mother asked this same woman to cut her dog's hair and soon after, he too developed a severe case of mange. I notified my friend that the rash had to be dog scabies and that it spread to my mother and was likely what was spreading on my body. She acknowledged that her dogs DID have something but refused to take her dogs to get help and instead chose to dip them in burnt motor oil to kill the mites. I QUICKLY MOVED OUT and left her various big ticket items of mine as payment for my stay there since she wouldnt accept my money.
After taking our dogs to our vet it was confirmed that they all had a sever case of sarcopic mange. My mother and sister spent over $1000 in pest control and ended up giving away their dogs to prevent reinfection of their body and homes. I also gave up a puppy and went to the doctor and was diagnosed with several zoonotic skin diseases including dog mites and secondary bacterial infections that took 8 months to overcome since I was constantly being reinfected in my 3 month stay there. Our total bill for getting rid of this problem came to approx $3000. We are poised to take this woman to small claims for compensation of our bills. My evidence includes photos of all her dogs, photos of our dogs, before and after photos of my skin, diagnoses from the veterinarian, diagnoses from doctors, and text message transcripts of her admitting to the problem.
Most of my evidence is circumstantial as I could not force her to take her dogs to a vet, nor could I abduct them and do it for her. She waited until months after I left after drenching her dogs in motor oil when she finally took them to a vet. The vet cleared them of any skin problems of course because she took the time to finally treat them before taking them in. Im expecting her to have friends come and lie about her dogs welfare but I also have witnesses who will testify to seeing the entire ordeal unfold.
Im pretty confident in my organization of facts in this case, but does my evidence carry enough weight to meet my burden? Thanks
After taking our dogs to our vet it was confirmed that they all had a sever case of sarcopic mange. My mother and sister spent over $1000 in pest control and ended up giving away their dogs to prevent reinfection of their body and homes. I also gave up a puppy and went to the doctor and was diagnosed with several zoonotic skin diseases including dog mites and secondary bacterial infections that took 8 months to overcome since I was constantly being reinfected in my 3 month stay there. Our total bill for getting rid of this problem came to approx $3000. We are poised to take this woman to small claims for compensation of our bills. My evidence includes photos of all her dogs, photos of our dogs, before and after photos of my skin, diagnoses from the veterinarian, diagnoses from doctors, and text message transcripts of her admitting to the problem.
Most of my evidence is circumstantial as I could not force her to take her dogs to a vet, nor could I abduct them and do it for her. She waited until months after I left after drenching her dogs in motor oil when she finally took them to a vet. The vet cleared them of any skin problems of course because she took the time to finally treat them before taking them in. Im expecting her to have friends come and lie about her dogs welfare but I also have witnesses who will testify to seeing the entire ordeal unfold.
Im pretty confident in my organization of facts in this case, but does my evidence carry enough weight to meet my burden? Thanks
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