On June 28, 2023 we had Dr. Mercedes Sanchez put our beloved Bulldog down at Marion Animal Hospital, she worked there part time , we arrived at 10:20 am she met us and took Savannah into the back room, during that time, almost 11:00 we herd Savannah bark and growl, finally they came back into the room we were waiting, making Savannah walk with the iv catheter in her leg, the other front leg had a blue bandage on it, apparently she tried a few times and couldn’t find a vain . She tried to put the medication in the left leg and Savannah jumped, my wife noticed lots of blood and clear fluid soaking the area , when they walked her the needle came out, when questioned about it Dr Sanchez said it was ok and tried to put the needle back in,, it didn’t work so she tried the back right leg after a few unsuccessful attempts she had a technician do it. The time was 12:15 , she than administered a sedative in her thigh too relax her. After that she gave her a dose of medication to finish the euthanasia. She said she gone, but wasn’t sure so gave her another dose,,, finally at 12:30 she removed all the bloody bandages and 2 Iv catheters, and left us to say our final goodbye, Dr Sanchez never said anything to us, at 12:40 i opened the door to the back room where she was and told her we were leaving .
We were there for 2.5 hours , Savannah suffered for all that time, this caused us so much heartache also. She was very un professional , I would recommend that no one would ever trust her for any treatment on your pet.

Dr. Sanchez work s at South Ocala Animal Clinic .
Dr. Michael Bailey is the owner of Marion Veterinary Hospital