Animal lover: But Mariah Carey is being sued for failing to pay her vets feesMariah Carey is being sued by her vet after failing to pay a five-figure bill for nursing back to health her Jack Russell puppy.
The vet and her staff slept with the dangerously ill newborn as they provided 24-hour care during the two-and-a-half week assignment, even making videos of the dog's recovery to send to the singer.
But multi-millionaire Mariah only paid $8,231 of the $37,790 bill, according to a suit filed by vet Condy Bressler at Manhattan's Supreme Court.
According to the New York Post Dr Bressler was called in to help when Mariah's dog Cha Cha, only six months old herself, gave birth to her first puppy.
Newborn Dolomite needed intensive care following the birth, and Dr Bressler left her New York practise to move into Mariah's mansion.
A source told the Post: 'We were up all night caring for and tube-feeding the puppy.
Mariah loves her dogs and requested the best care and that's what she got.'
Following the birth animal lover Mariah had tweeted: 'ChaCha just had her baby! Its a girl! Anybody want a beautiful Jack Russell puppy?!'
But despite her initial interest, according to court papers, Mariah only paid a fraction of the final bill.
'She [Bressler] is a doctor and Mariah acted like Dr Bressler was one of her hair or makeup people,' said the source.
Puppy love: Mariah's Jack Russell ChaCha with the newborn DolomiteDr Bressler did not comment, but her attorney said she 'provided life-saving, round-the clock medical care.'
'The costs were clearly communicated costs associated with this level of treatment,' he added.
Mariah's attorney said she intended to fight the lawsuit, which he described as a 'crass publicity stunt'
Seriously ill: The puppy needed 24-hour care to survivesource: dailymail
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