Unfortunately, it's kind of a tricky surgery, especially when you're an older vet with eyesight that ain't what it used to be, and he missed a vocal cord or two.
When the dog had healed, its owners brought it back and said "You either do this right or YOU KEEP THE DOG!!!" That dachshund sounded just like a chicken when it barked, honest to God.
The doctor didn't have the heart to do the surgery again, plus (being German) he had kind of a fondness for dachshunds. So the Santa Monica Dog & Cat Hospital got a new mascot.
He'd wander around in the hospital at his leisure, barking - so to speak - whenever he felt like it. People would come in to have their pets worked on and whilst standing at the front counter they'd hear this strange racket. "You guys have a chicken back there?" they'd ask? It was hysterical.
Other funny thing was, that dog HATED cats. And we had a lot of cats. He'd get himself all worked up, standing beneath a cat's cage, barking - so to speak - at the cat and hyperventilating until his tongue would turn blue and he'd pass out.
One of the funniest things I ever beheld.
But he was a great veterinary hospital mascot < g >
Let me guess -- his name was Carville, right?