SO upset reaing this experience. No way for your baby to be handled. Hope Cupcake is feeling better today. |
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I agree with everyone else. My vets office has 3 vets, and while I have a favorite and a least fav, I am comfortable with all of them and how they handle my Huey. I love, love, love all the vet techs at the office and they are wonderful with him. I highly recommend finding an office that you feel this way about, or at least specifying which vet you will see. Hopefully, since this wasn't someone on their website, it was not an actual office vet, but a trainee, although I think she should have introduced herself as such. Did she even introduce herself? As a nurse, I introduce myself to every l patient I treat, sometimes multiple times. I want them to know my name. It serves 2 purposes-they now have the power to be report me BY NAME if they dont like the care I provide, OR they can mention me in a positive manner on their survey. Speaking of nursing, do you think parents come to my ED and let me remove their child from the room and tie it up in order to treat it? Hell no, they don't. If any restraining is to be done, such as for an injection or sutures, the parent is encouraged to help. Sometimes they don't want to be "the bad guy" & opt to leave the room, but that is their decision, not mine. I prefer that they stay, so there is absolutely no question that their small one was handled appropriately. Moral of this story: the patient, be it dog or small heathen child, must be treated as if it were their own by the medical personnel caring for it. You have every right to demand this quality of care, and if your current vet office cannot promise this, then I would find another vet office. Talk to your friends, check on Angie's list, whatever it takes to be confident that your pup is receiving the best care available in your area. :exclaim: |
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However, it is not okay to slap a muzzle (and who knows how that went down "in the back" out of the OP's sight? why couldn't it be put on in the room?) on a 13 week old baby. We're not even talking a 13 week old lab...which would still be silly to me. A 13 week old Yorkie - can't weigh 2 lbs(ish). Totally unnecessary. Unforgivable in my opinion. And, I definitely would find another vet (if not elsewhere - in that office). |
you have every right to be upset...that vet was outta line if your not finding a new place all together i would be sure u never see that vet again. they have bad days as we all do but no need to take it out on poor cupcake. i also would never have let him go out of the room with my baby in fact i probably wouldve told him where to go and left without shots....just my three cents. hope you all feel better today and cupcake forgets all about that visit. |
wow... I agree with everyone. Just wrong on so many points. If a vet can not deal with a 13 week old yorkie puppy they will not have a good career. I have a lasha and when he was a pup the groomer (which was housed in a vet office/clinic) put him under to groom him..twice. I was livid. He was so out of it when I picked him up. I went back the next day and complained to the vet, he even said Sam was not aggressive and he was concerned. Now.. I will say Sam is a grumpy ole man now and does show teeth but has never bitten any one (except he did nip one of my friends toe when she sort of stepped on him:eek:) so like your story.. not everyone working with animals knows what they are doing. |
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wow, change your vet within the practise if you can. Where did they find a muzzle small enough and do they have one big enough for the vet? I hope Cupcake is alright. |
Cupcake is back to his normal peppy self today. I gave him lots of extra TLC last night and this morning and cuddled with him till 2 this morning. :). The vets office called to let me know that they received my email and forwarded it to the owner and the vet that handled Cupcake yesterday. Then they called back 5 min. Later and said that the owner was very concerned and was taking this seriously. She wanted to know if I would bring Cupcake back in next week just to visit and she would make it a positive experience so that he would hopefully feel comfortable the next time he had a check up. I requested that the visit be with the owner and the other vet was not to be around Cupcake. Hopefully this will help sooth Cupcakes fear. |
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great feedback and a wonderful response from the owner!:yorkieg: |
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When you go in for the appointment, be confident and cheerful. These doggies are smart and can sense anxiety or apprehension in their humans (and after your experience, I wouldn't blame you for feeling that way). Also, don't worry if Cupcake doesn't want the treats they offer. My boys don't like treats at the vet or from strangers. :) |
Hi Madie. The first part of my post stated, "I don't disagree with what the others have said. I'm just offering a suggestion." First, I still hold to my statement, I don't disagree with what others have stated regarding Cupcake's treatment. I was just making a suggestion for when she is being held by someone else. Second, Julie as you can tell from my avatar is a Shih Tzu. Julie is just a tad older than Cupcake. Same kind of nose features. If what happened to Cupcake would have happened to Julie, I would have been fuming pissed myself. In fact, I would have written a letter to the main director or whoever is in charge if muzzles are the standard for a puppy, and if not why was it used on mine??? Lastly, I would take Julie to another vet either in-house (depending on the outcome of response I had received from the director), or take her to a different location. I would remind myself that with any medical profession (even our puppies and dogs), "I" hire them to do a service for me. If I'm not satisfied with the given service, I fire them and look for better service elsewhere. I think we're on the same page. We love our babies very much. We want others to treat them as we treat them, with kindness and respect. Starlette |
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