Tegan said she had workmen in her house at the time which Honey did not like, so secured her in the kitchen and did not inspect her properly until later.
She said: “When they left, I brought her back out to be in the living room as she normally is, and I noticed that she had blood in her right eye.
“As I examined more of her body, I noticed that she had a cut on the back of her right leg.”
Tegan then checked Honey’s tummy and noticed one nipple was “really hard” and she was “quite sensitive” when her owner touched her.
She rang the out-of-hours vet and was told to take Honey to Swansea for an emergency appointment, which cost about £385.
The money had to be taken from a fund saved for rent and her daughter’s upcoming third birthday, Tegan said.
“I was so upset, I was panicking, I was scared.”
The mother-of-two added she told her son and daughter Honey “was going to the doggy hospital”.
“They are under five, so I had to try and say it in a way that wouldn’t scare them.”
Tegan said the vet gave her drops for Honey’s eye, which they thought had been damaged by a blow to the head or other trauma, and was not concerned about the cut on the leg as they believed it would heal itself.
But she claimed the vet told her Honey’s nipple had been wounded and “superglued” – and she would have to take her back to the vets when the glue starts coming off to know the full extent of the damage.
“They didn’t really want to touch the wound, only because it was superglued on so much that, if they had a look, she would be really sore.”
Tegan said she was concerned about possible infection because there was “leaking” from the wound.
“A week later, she’s still really nervous. I felt guilty, because I chose for her to go to this particular groomer,” she said.
On Monday, Tegan said she took Honey back to the vet, and was told she needed minor soft tissue surgery, at a cost of about £1,500.
