That is crazy. Puppies are never muzzled here bc it is completely unnecessary (except I do remember a Rhod. Ridgeback pup getting really nasty/biting, but that is different). This is a little puppy! Dogs wiggly. Techs and assistants restrain. Muzzles are used for aggressive animals that can't be controlled by staff and for procedures by the mouth that can be very irritating. There was no reason for them to traumatize your pup in this way. I would not go back to that pace.
I would just train your pup with excitement and make it fun. Down the line if there are aggressive tendencies, they can be dealt with. There is no way to make a judgment call yet in this situation. I think the vet is overracting to the extreme.
Ellie is 11 and she wiggles like mad. Her vet just deals with it. When she gets tired of holding wiggle worm she hands her back to me.
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