@christmusicgirl1994 No. Emergency medicine is not perfect, radiology is apart of that. You are paying for technicians exposure to radiation, the machine, the electricity it takes to run it, and the years of education it took to interpret the rads. You needed that information, so you need to pay for it.
I don’t have the full story here - but you brought your dog to the vet with concerns & they examined and created a medical plan with you. They most likely explained to you the importance of the imaging, and you were likely thankful when it came back that your pet did not need emergency surgery to remove the toy. A good vet would not tell you that you have nothing to worry about after your dog ingested something. (Probably to feed bland diet, rest, monitor, watch for vomiting/straining/diarrhea, lethargy, and so on) You should be monitoring your dog and keeping the vet updated on symptoms. The rads gave you important information at that time -
“is this life threatening?” “Does my dog have internal bleeding or damage from this?” “is there an urgent foreign body?” - most likely your vet ‘did not see
anything ‘ on the images so they determined your dog was not a medical emergency and will clear the toy on its own. If you had concerns about care/cost it should have been discussed with them at that time. The rads gave you that information, which your vet discussed with you, why do you think it was ‘wrong’ ?
It appears you did not have to worry much, as the imaging showed, and your dog
did clear it on its own. It seems like your vet did exactly what they should in an emergency situation,
I work in a veterinary hospital, we see toy ingestion and foreign bodies often, we aren’t going to refund our services/treatments. We helped your pet, your wallet is not our problem.
If anything you should refund the now damaged toy. /s
EDIT: formatting/grammar, also added sarcasm to clarify the end.