[Ellie May]

I can understand the concern. It is completely variable between vets and practices. I would not force the vet to do things in front of you. Instead, if unhappy, I'd nicely ask. If that didn't work there are many other vets out there.

That said, while some do everything including exam in the back here, others do the exam with the owners and the rest in the back. Mine does exams and sometimes vaccines with the client. Most procedures are done in the back.

Can you imagine a new owner watching a blood draw and not realizing it is taken from the jugular? Cysto? Owner gets scared. Dogs gets upset. Some dpgs are easier to handle without the owner present. It is much faster, esp. in a large hospital, to do things in back where the techs and assistants are in treatment just waiting to fill vaccines, restrain, etc. And most importantly there is an increasing fear of lawsuits. In MI, if an animal hurts an owner, even accidentally, while owner is restraining, the vet can be sued. Owners almost never restrain for even remotely painful procedures here.

It is warranted and completely acceptable for vets to take the animal away.

If that isn't okay then I'd move on instead of putting the doctors and techs in an uncomfortable position.

But snarky comments like the one the derm made are not acceptable and I wouldn't return.