A young mum claims her beloved pet dog Ava died after being turned away from a local vet because they were 'too busy'.
Eloise and Evan Meyer, from the south coast of New South Wales, said their 11-year-old German Shepherd cross Rottweiler was her 'normal happy self' before her health suddenly took a turn for the worse on April 21.
'Ava was running around playing with my other dog, but by the afternoon my 7-year-old son found her laying down having trouble breathing, and with a white tongue,' Ms Meyer told Daily Mail Australia.
Mr Meyer and his young son rushed Ava to a vet on the NSW South Coast.