I worked as a vet tech in highschool, I thought I was going to be a vet, but couldn't handle the declawing surgery. No one really ever explained to me what I was supposed to do during exams, but I took it that it was my job to help the dogs relax and make the environment as unscary as possible and i was there because I love animals. I would talk soothingly to the animals and pet them and then love on them afterward. If you work in that position you have to understand that all dogs will react differently to the stress and the fact that your pup was just wimpering is pretty good. During my years at the vet I was bitten and scratched more than once. But that's part of the job, it was never my job to give any kind of advice to customers.
At my vet visit on tues. my vet has a vet from romania that's over here for training. After my pups visit the girl from romania started petting him really hard and brushing the hair on his face the wrong way. I could tell he didn't like it so i tried to ask her stop nicely saying he didn't like his hair messed up. When she didn't stop I took him from her. I didn't want his trips to the vet to be an unsetting experience.
My little boy loved all over the vet tech after he got his shot because she was very gentle and soothing with him.
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