Good morning everyone!
This happened over the weekend, but I'm still steaming mad
I took Lexi & Oliver in for their second round of shots, and all was well until the vet's assistant took Lexi from me. You wouldn't BELIEVE the way she held her! She took Lexi with one hand and laid her up against her chest with one hand around her
neck and the other around her midsection. So Lexi starts squirming and crying because she's not used to that (who holds their Yorkies from the neck anyway??), and when I told the vet assistant that she was uncomfortable, the girl goes: "Oh, its a control thing, we have to hold the dogs like this." Um, I don't THINK so...every time I've gone there, the assistants have been so great. So the vet starts checking Lexi out, and she finally calms down until they tried to look inside her mouth. This bloody assistant tries to PRY Lexi's mouth open while she's shaking and crying, and I swear Lexi was looking at me like "MOM, help me!" So I finally grabbed Lexi from the assistant, held her in my arms, and gently opened her mouth.
Same thing happened with Oliver...he's the most relaxed dog ever, but this girl just grabbed him and was so rough with him! Both pups needed to have their nails trimmed, and can I tell you they made the WORST screaming noises I've ever heard
At first, the vet was going to take them into the "nail trimming area" but I made them stay in the examining room so I could watch. Good thing, because I watched Lexi pee ALL OVER the assistant!
I had to stop myself from saying "That's my girl!!" Both pups's nails started bleeding while they were being trimmed, and they were just going nuts...poor things.
I don't know, I think I just needed to vent...and I think I'm going to look for a new vet. This whole episode just has me SO upset...the poor puppies were both shaking when I took them out of there and wouldn't play or anything for a good two hours after we got home. Some people just don't know how to treat small dogs!