BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. - Bonita Springs man is working to change the law to protect pet owners in Florida. He's doing it because of what happened to his dog Slim.

Right now, no one really knows what happened to Slim, but something did.

The dog's owner is blaming it on a local emergency clinic, but the clinic says they don't know anything about Slim's condition.

At 2:00 in the morning, Reed Morgan rushed his bull dog Slim to Old 41 Veterinary Emergency Clinic in Bonita Springs.

"They gave us an estimate for $650 dollars to remove the kidney stones," Morgan said.

After three extensive surgeries, the bill came to more than $3,700, but that's not why Reed Morgan was upset.

"I brought the dog home, shaved off the hair, and found two burns that start at the back of his neck all the way down to his tail," Morgan said.

That's when Morgan took Slim somewhere else to get a second opinion. He said the vet was appalled at what he saw.

Morgan said, "In his opinion, those were burns produced by the cords of the heating pad down his back."

WINK News spoke with the doctor who performed the surgery. He wouldn't go on camera, but said the dog was not burned in the clinic. Dr. Atmani also said the burns were never brought to his attention, and he didn't even know there was a problem until the media contacted him.

Morgan said that's not true.

"That's an absolute lie," Morgan said. "He looked at them and said they were spider bites."

WINK News took pictures of Slim to another vet, who has never heard of this case. She said burns from heating pads are a common side effect of surgery, but usually don't look like Slim's injuries.

"Most of the heating pads and heat burns that I've seen are all circular burns," the vet said.

She also said it could be burns, trauma, or reaction to medicine.

Whatever the marks are from, they have one man working to change the law. Right now, dog owners only get compensated when their dog dies. Reed Morgan wants to change that law, and make it so any animal owner can receive money if their dog is injured.

The state is still investigating Morgan's complaint.