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[Ladymom]

I looked up the law and your vet was required to report the bite to the State Warden. The ten day quarantine is also required.

While all this is a formality, the biggest problem is that your puppy now has a "rap sheet", an official report of biting someone. Should he ever bite again, he could face being declared a dangerous dog.

I definitely would find another vet. If your puppy was resisting that much, the vet tech should have had the sense to put a muzzle on him. A frightened dog who is struggling for forty-five minutes is likely to bite out of fear.

[BarbiesBabyJada]

one of my other bassets like to go to the neighbors house where they were kids there they all liked him and they would play with them and feed him peanut butter sandwiches one day the little boy was on his tricycle and had a sandwich and barney jump up to get it the older women there grandmother called the dogcatcher and said he bit the boy the boys dad took him to the doctor and said it was a scratch the boys dad came over said we love barney and still want to see him then the next day because of the report the dogcatcher told us to tie him up and to see if we see signs me aand the dogcatcher kinda got into it he said if i didn't shut up and do what they said he could had put a 50,000 dollars on this that dog gave up he was so sad he didn't want to eat and was loosing weight after his 10 days we let him lose to go play like he always did

[Tobie22]

My cat(Missy) had to have blood work done of her thyriod, she was 15 years old, the vet tried three times to draw blood but could not get any blood, Missy was highly stressed so they told us to bring her back in about 2 days and they would try again however she did not make it. My point is that seeing how stressed your baby was, they should not have forced it and had you come back a few days later to try again. Thats just what I think. I am sorry that you are going through this, it must be really hard on you and your baby.

[Charlene1963]

I would find a new vet. I think it was sneaky and inappropriate to go behind your back and report it.

One of the hazards of working with animals is being bit by animals. I work with special needs kids and have been bitten many times-its goes with the job.

When I took Ziggy to the groomers for the first time at 5 months (he was also 8 pounds), she took him into a back room and I could hear him whining and crying and yiping. 5 minutes later she brought him out and said she couldn't groom him because he kept trying to bite her and that he was the worst dog she had ever dealt with. I felt like a terrible pet owner and was humiliated in front of the whole waiting room. When I finally got the courage six months later to try a new groomer I was vindicated. She told me that biting is a hazard of the job and that any groomer worth his salt can manage a dog or as a last resort, muzzle the dog. My groomer says that Ziggy will "warn" her each time she grooms him by putting his teeth on her hand but he has yet to bite her.

Don't feel bad about that experience; ask around and find a more pet-friendly vet. Be open about your experience with the first vet (without namimg the clinic) and ask how they deal with animals that may bite. I told my vet about Ziggy and she was very firm (but kind) with him right from the start.

[TeresaM]

Originally Posted by chachi

I would be finding a new vet

I've never let my dogs go by themselves to the exam room, I am always with them. Surgery is the only time I'm not with them. If you can't be with them, then what's going on that the vet's office doesn't want you to see? Even if the vet tech is holding the dog for the vet to give the shots, I'm in the room.

[QuickSilver]

Did the vet explain why the vet tech said that her skin wasn't broken, but reported that it was?

I'd also find a new vet. They sound careless, first if they got bitten, and second if they forgot to explain the implications to you.

[Ellie May]

I find it kind of interesting that so many people on YT won't allow their dogs to go in the back with just the vet or a tech. While Ellie's vet does the exam in front of me, all blood draws and cystos are done in the back and once her ear was even looked at it back there because Ellie isn't the most well behaved withme in site (or with me not in sight for that matter). I even let her go in the back by herself with a tech for cystos. It's no different than leaving them for surgery. If you trust the vet, why insist on everything being done in front of you and if you don't, why use them at all?

[Ladymom]

Originally Posted by Charlene1963

I would find a new vet. I think it was sneaky and inappropriate to go behind your back and report it.

One of the hazards of working with animals is being bit by animals. I work with special needs kids and have been bitten many times-its goes with the job.

They are required by law to report the bite to the state warden so they weren't being sneaky.

I think the way they handled the poor puppy was completely inappropriate, though. The poor guy will probably always be terrified of the vet from now on because of this idiot, plus now he has a rap sheet.

[QuickSilver]

I find that most of the services I use for Thor - vets, daycare, grooming - want some "private time" with Thor, which I find understandable, because if I'm in the room, he's going to do anything he can to get back into my arms. I'm fortunate that I afford to take him to the most reputable places, not that guarantees good treatment. My rule of thumb is that he should be okay when he comes out and not mind going back.

His groomer is actually pretty snotty to me, but Thor loves her, so I trust that she treats him well.

[valentine92]

Thank you for all the advise. The vet did call me and said the puppy did break the skin. We were told by the vet tech herself that she was ok. Im not sure if there was miscommunication there or not. I asked about the bad rap sheet and she told me no, since it was done during a medical procedure. My puppy is quartined to my house. He cannot be around any new people for 10 days I am allowed to walk him but I cannot let another animal or person near him for 10 days. What exactly are they worried about? Is it rabies? My baby had that shot Feb 11th and he is only outside to poop and pee and is always with one of us. Dont dogs get rabies from being bitten? What else could they possibly be concerned about the vet tech getting? We will be looking for a new vet. We have been with them for years and they took great care of our other pets.
Thanks for all the help and suggestions. I am still a bit shook up.

[lilbumbleybees]

I would call the BBB and report your vet, call your vet and PROFUSELY complain, and then I would find myself a new vet! I work in a groom shop. I'm around dogs all day long and not every dog likes a bath, haircut, or nail trim. It's a reality. I have been bit many a time. Do you think I call the Health Department on the owner. No! If you work with animals it is going to happen! I can't believe that happened to you!

[ARCHIE]

If you trust the vet, why insist on everything being done in front of you and if you don't, why use them at all?
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Exactally, if there is nothing to hide why not be with your dog?
I trust my vet completely but I want to be there and if I couldn't
I would find a new vet. It's just how I feel. If something did happen
I would always wonder if they did something to make him react,
being there myself I feel I am protecting both of us.
Like I said I would never allow one of my small children to be in
a room with their doctor without my presence and I feel the same
way about my dog.
It's just my feelings.

[Ellie May]

Originally Posted by ARCHIE

If you trust the vet, why insist on everything being done in front of you and if you don't, why use them at all?
__________________



Exactally, if there is nothing to hide why not be with your dog?
I trust my vet completely but I want to be there and if I couldn't
I would find a new vet. It's just how I feel. If something did happen
I would always wonder if they did something to make him react,
being there myself I feel I am protecting both of us.
Like I said I would never allow one of my small children to be in
a room with their doctor without my presence and I feel the same
way about my dog.
It's just my feelings.

That's great that your vet doesn't mind doing everything in the room. We all have our preferences I guess. I just don't see how letting them go back for 5 minutes is different than leaving them all day for a surgery... I know with blood draws, more than one tech can get around Ellie if she is in the back, everything they need is back there and at Ellie's old vet office, there are windows so you could watch if you wanted. So if the vet feels like doing it in the back, fine, and if she does things in front of me, fine too. Ellie did scream from the back before when a tech took out her spay staples though. That I did not like but it would'vve been the same whether I was there or not.

[shannonroselive]

I have spent about 1/2 my life in a hospital and I don't, and never have trusted ANY sort of doctor as far as I can throw them. I will never leave my kids alone with any STRANGER. You don't really KNOW your vet, you know him/her in the office setting and that's it.

At any rate, I want to know...If your dog did indeed break the skin, wouldn't the tech have shown you the bite mark? If she came out to tell you she was fine, it seems to me, if she were bleeding, she'd have a bandage or paper towel or something??? These folks sound like a lousy bunch to me and I'm sorry you have to go through all this. I'm glad the quarantine is in your home and not some place else!

[QuickSilver]

Originally Posted by valentine92

Thank you for all the advise. The vet did call me and said the puppy did break the skin. We were told by the vet tech herself that she was ok. Im not sure if there was miscommunication there or not. I asked about the bad rap sheet and she told me no, since it was done during a medical procedure.

Well, that's good news. I do wonder how it could have slipped her mind to let you know that your dog would be quarantined. That's something most owners would want to be made aware of!