My goodness! Is this normal???

[Mardelin]

Originally Posted by bjh

That is funny. I would have liked to seen the look on your face. Sadly I wonder if that has ever really happened to anyone. I know doctors can make some really bad mistakes.

Dr. Hawthorne is marvelous, I wish he was here. I've never had him misdiagnose. Although, when he first got out of Vet school my mentor took a litter of pups in for dew claw removal and tail docking. He docked the tails all different lengths. She was so upset, she went to the vet that Dr. Hawthorne took over the practice and complained. He said well, you know we didn't go to vet school to learn how to dock tails in accordance to breed standard for each individual breed. So, I think you should learn how to do this yourself and he taught her. But, Doc Hawthorne has been her vet and most every exhibitor's vet in the area. He ownes one of her yorkes.

But, you're right, I've heard of people taking their dogs in to have puppy teeth removed and the vet has removed their adult teeth. Or taken them in for teeth cleaning and have lost their dog on the table.

[diane boden]

Yes I've heard of it actually happening over in this country, I think it was a Dalmation taken in for a dental, top quality bitch, either a champ or sitting on 2 CCs. When they picked her up they'd speyed her, it ended in a cort case, dont know the out come been awhile ago. Also close to me their lives one of the countries top Skye-Terrier breeders, one of their top show dogs went in for a minor surgery, when they picked him up the vet had cut all his face hair off, beard, brows the lot. The vet said it was getting in his eyes, he was new there and over from another country, the place had had several complaints made against them and eventually changed hands.

[ChantalB]

Originally Posted by Mardelin

Dr. Hawthorne is marvelous, I wish he was here. I've never had him misdiagnose. Although, when he first got out of Vet school my mentor took a litter of pups in for dew claw removal and tail docking. He docked the tails all different lengths. She was so upset, she went to the vet that Dr. Hawthorne took over the practice and complained. He said well, you know we didn't go to vet school to learn how to dock tails in accordance to breed standard for each individual breed. So, I think you should learn how to do this yourself and he taught her. But, Doc Hawthorne has been her vet and most every exhibitor's vet in the area. He ownes one of her yorkes.

But, you're right, I've heard of people taking their dogs in to have puppy teeth removed and the vet has removed their adult teeth. Or taken them in for teeth cleaning and have lost their dog on the table.

When I took my first litter for tail docking, I show the vet where I want the tail to be cut touching the the tail and telling him "right here".

So I got the 4 puppies back with almost no tail at all!!! Like a Rottweiler tail!

That is when i also found out that most vet have no clue about the proper tail length of each breed...

I have since used a pen to mark the right spot...