A grieving Long Island couple claims its beloved dog was neglected and left to die at a Nassau County animal hospital that pushed them into $15,000 elective hip surgery, then charged $2,500 a night for his stay.

Karen and Dave Freed told The Post they were encouraged to put pooch Bo, a 10-year-old Newfoundland, through elective $15,000 hip surgery at Long Island Veterinary Specialists in Plainview in June to hopefully prolong his life.

But the couple said the situation quickly turned into a nightmare — beginning with pre-surgical X-rays taken to clear Bo for the operation. 12

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“They told us he was all clear for surgery,” an emotional Karen said. “Then after his surgery, they told us he had [developed] a light case of pneumonia.”

The pre-operation scans actually showed th

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