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Vet taking dog in the back rom for exam

   
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Tohbi

Blue-Eyed Devil		 
 
Barked: Mon Nov 9, '09 9:23am PST 
This is so weird and interesting to read... I've had the same vet since he opened his practice and I was about 20 years old. I have no frame of reference to how others do things.

My vet does everything with me there. Even when I get one of the partners - I'm the one who holds Tohbi still for shots and gets him up on the scale. Huh.

When I was about 22, my childhood dog came in from the yard with her throat torn open (missed the blood vessels - thank goodness). I called my vet at 11 pm and met him at his office. It was just him and me, so I had to assist in prepping my own dog... I was shocked and exhausted - but it was so interesting to watch him work and to "hold this, tape that, put pressure here". I'll never switch after that - I'm glad I don't have to.

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Trigger

Tennis ball- OBSESSED!!!		 
 
Barked: Mon Nov 9, '09 9:45am PST 
Fynny HATES shots. Not that he'll bite or anything but man will he squirm like nothing I've ever seen - and dodge the needle every time! Me and a tech holding him at the same time can't keep his little 8lb self in place to get them in his rump so they take him "in back" lol. I lol because I trust my vet completely, and to me it's kind of funny that his dramatics warrant this sort of ruckus and all the many people that need to be involved to get the job done. He always comes out tail wagging, licking the face of the tech with everyone giving him love and treats so I know whatever they do "back there" isn't bothering him all that much if at all. But to someone that doesn't trust their vet I can see how that sort of action would be terrifying.

The short of it all, if you don't trust what your vet is doing or their intentions switch. Simple as that.
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Lilith

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Barked: Mon Nov 9, '09 10:20am PST 
Our vet takes them out back from the "gory" stuff like aspirations and blood drawing etc. But shots and everything else, in the examination. We trust the vet and we never requested otherwise; I'm sure if we did they'd let us accompany them. I think for them it's just a matter of professionalism and policy; some owners I know really just freak out when the dog cries or whatever.. I think mostly its for the owner's good.. lol

ETA: I think some owners also don't realize that some procedures aren't going to be comfortable (microchips on a young puppy, aspirations of lumps and what not, etc) and the vets may have to use some force to hold the dog still, and some owners will over react and say that the vet was mean etc etc.

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Seth

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Barked: Mon Nov 9, '09 3:47pm PST 
The only time i leave my dogs to go in the backroom is if they had to have xrays or test done. And even with the test i was asked if i wanted to stay there with the dog but i had to go to work and picked him up at lunch time. I would try another vet myself
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Bailey

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Barked: Mon Nov 9, '09 7:32pm PST 
The only time Carson was taken to the back room was when he was uncooperative to a blood draw and nail trim on the same day. He did need to be muzzled. He can freak. I realize the muzzle seemed like a bit much, but it worked. He did settle down and quit the squirley behavoir. I am a hairdresser. It's true. Sometimes kids behave better when mom and dad are not hovering. Dogs for sure pick up the uneasy vibes the owner has because of the blood draw , shot ect.... Away from the nervousness of the owner they may sense the calmer demeanor of the personel of the clinic.
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Peter Parker

Team Edward
 
 
Barked: Mon Nov 9, '09 7:57pm PST 
Tohbi- your vet sounds awesome!!!
We switched vets back in February after the whole botched dental from the "holistic" vet we were going to. And boy, I am glad I did because my new vet upon first arriving did everything, urine test, fecal, blood..and sure enough Peter had elemetary crystals forming in his urine. There was only a "trace" of blood in his urine and after a strict regimen of distilled water ONLY for 60 days the crystals were gone. We have been to him at least half a dozen times since Feb. and so far he is awesome. The only time they took Peter to the back was to do a quick sonogram on his tummy to make sure the crystals were gone. It was literally only a few minutes. The vet techs there are so awesome and 1 even left because he got accepted at Texas A&M Veterinary School. I like that. They let me help weigh him and hold him for shots or blood being drawn.
Uno- if you are not comfortable I would totally switch vets.blue dog
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Delilah

Everyone exists- to play with me!		 
 
Barked: Thu Nov 19, '09 11:46am PST 
My vet only takes the dog into the back and away from me when they draw blood or do x-rays. I did ask why for the blood tests and was told that it's so Delilah doesn't associate me with the 'bad experience'. I didn't ask about x-rays but I'd assume that both safety issues and size issues make it easier to do those in the back.

However, Delilah loves her vet and all the techs so I have no real reason to worry much about it. She thinks going to the vet is fun and that they're all there to play with her.
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