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12-26-2013, 10:13 PM | #1 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: USA
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| What is it with the vet taking my dog away... ......out of my sight to do a procedure, such as an injection or skin scraping, etc. It makes me very uncomfortable. I really like my vet, but I'm the one in charge of my baby and I want to see what is being done to her and who is doing it. Took her for her yearly check up and they did it and then took her to the dermatologist and they wanted to do it as will. Explained to the derm doc that I did not know him, and he was not taking my dog out of my sight. He said it was to give her an antibiotic injection - I said fine do it here in front of me. He hesitated and he and his nurse gave the injection. Afterwards he rather snidely asked what would I have done if I had not liked what they were doing -- I just looked at him straight in the eye..... I think he got the message. Interesting to hear others take on this. I understand sterile procedures, or if a pup does not cooperate, but what is the big secret here. I would not have let them take my child out of my sight either.
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12-26-2013, 10:44 PM | #2 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: FtWorth,TX,USA
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| The only time that my vet removes my baby from my site is to do an Xray or put in an IV port. Shots and regular blood draws are done infront of me and if my pup isn't cooperating I hold them. |
12-26-2013, 11:06 PM | #3 |
YT 1000 Club Member | I don't get any flack from my Vets or their Assistants. I say what I want and they DO it ! You'd be surprised how much clout a 4 (multi) Dog Customer has.
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12-26-2013, 11:15 PM | #4 |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
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| I prefer to be in the room and have things done in front of me. To me, it is no different than staying with a child. Short of xrays and procedures requiring sedation and anesthesia, parents are always allowed to stay with their children. I suppose some dogs may be more amenable to procedures without their humans in the room. Also, I'm sure that vets have encountered problems with people being upset by routine things. Seeing a sizable needle go into a skinny Yorkie leg isn't for the squeamish, for instance. I would be more upset by the vet's snarky question about what you would do if you didn't like something.
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12-27-2013, 12:15 AM | #5 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: King County, WA
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| Mention your requirement while making the appointment. ?????? Maybe they aren't used to that where you live. Here, the vet even asked if I wanted to be present during my cat's final peaceful moments... |
12-27-2013, 12:28 AM | #6 |
♡Huey's Human♡ Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Ringgold, Ga
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| My vet & techs know I am a nurse, so that may be why they have never given me any issues about being in the room for any procedures, but the only time they remove him is to get his stool or urine specimen. They have collected the stool in front of me before, too. Last time I went for labs, I held him while the tech stuck, but she missed & then took him to the back for another tech to stick. I was OK with that, because I know sticking kiddos with parents in the room can be nerve-racking, too. If I had a problem with them removing him, I would speak up & even if they weren't happy about it, I'm sure they would comply. That is my right as the owner, I think. When I had my last dog put to sleep (same vet) I held him in my lap while they injected him. (They didn't charge me, either, as long-standing customer courtesy)
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12-27-2013, 12:51 AM | #7 |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Mesquite, TX
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| I have all things done in front of me as well. They bring scales and other things into the room. The only time mine have left the room is for an X-ray and a sono and I went with her.
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12-27-2013, 02:22 AM | #8 |
"& Seeger, too" Donating Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Central Kentucky
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| Understand your feelings 100%... I definitely would do the same thing.. Besides, you're paying the bill, right? I don't let any of mine out of sight either... And if someone asked me about doing something to my dog that I didn't like... I think I would question their professionalism.
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12-27-2013, 05:21 AM | #9 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: At Home
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| Mine are always in the room with me, with the exception of getting an x-ray. If anything needs to be done in the back my Vet allows me to go back. My Vet knows me very well and also knows I used to be a Vet Tech.
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12-27-2013, 05:34 AM | #10 |
T. Bumpkins & Co. Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: New England
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| I don't mind if they take then out for certain things.
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12-27-2013, 06:47 AM | #11 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: FL, USA
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| That would NOT make me happy at all. Worse still was the attitude the derm doc gave you after you insisted he perform the work in your presence. If he could do what he did that well with you in attendance, why would he need to 'hide' what he was doing 'from' you? Fortunately, I have never had that problem with my vet. All normal, simple procedures, such as shots, blood draws, SubQ fluids, pills, etc., are done in the exam room with us in attendance. If the vet thinks he needs additional help holding an animal of ours, he brings a tech into the exam room to help. Rarely has that ever happened...typically, he handles the baby alone and we hold it when he has to step away. We never need to ask that the doctor work on our kids in our presence.
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12-27-2013, 07:46 AM | #12 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Northern VA
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| I get bit squeamish around needles. Just looking at it makes me get all anxious so when I first took Magnus in for his shots and what not, I actually asked them to take him to the back. The vet/vet tech was surprised I'd request something like that. I sort of gotten over the fear a while back and they do everything in front of me. Both Magnus and Zoey wants me to hug/hold them when they're getting poked and prodded. lol |
12-27-2013, 09:08 AM | #13 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Canton, GA
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| Mine also allows me in the room, I would have it no other way. One time when Sophie Kate as a puppy and they were giving her a vaccination I left the room (because it bothered me), when I went back in she looked at with a look "how could you leave me" I decided right then I would NEVER leave her.
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12-27-2013, 09:15 AM | #14 | |
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12-27-2013, 09:24 AM | #15 |
I♥PeekTinkySaph&Finny Donating Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Baltimore, Maryland
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| The vet tried to work on my cat in the back once, lol, but came back in the room as he was soooo not cooperating with them. As soon as he was back with me he was fine. With many pets, it's usually the other way around, the owners can make the pets nervous if they're feeling anxious. I had to tell my new vet that I preferred they work up my dog in my presence. They were fine with that, after they saw he was okay too. And yeah, if something went wrong and I didn't like their response or their handling techniques, we'd be outta there!
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