Owner's pet peeve nowa big campaign

A WOMAN has hit out at 'astronomical' prices charged by vets after her pet pug suffered a dental problem.

- NICOLE WOOTTON-CANE

Lindsay Taylor, 53, is campaigning for veterinary surgeries to be regulated - and fees to be more transparent - after she was handed a bill of 'over £1,000' for her 11-year-old pug's dental work last summer.

She said the experience left her 'concerned, saying that because 'pets are like our children, people feel pressured to accept fees without questioning them.

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) said it agrees practices should be regulated and said it was 'pressing' the government for 'urgent reform' "I think that because our pets are like our children people just say 'yeah, yeah, whatever it costs," Lindsay told the Manchester Evening News.

"But I came home from the vets and I thought 'this is wrong! We shouldn't just be accepting any fee.