Vet wanted to pull his teeth out too
 

My mother in law went to drop Shadow off to get his surgery (remember I posted earlier this morning)...she called me from the doctor's office freaking out.
The vet wanted to take out his canine teeth cause' he believes the teeth will shift forward.

Also, I just found out he only has one testicle..so he said the operation was going to be more like a female spay. Should I bring this up to the breeder?

Oh yah...MIL ran out with my little Shadow. We'll seach for a different place.

I found this vet/clinic through the local humane society.

Does Shadow have extra teeth? I know too much space is better than too crowded. (food particles can get trapped in tight spaces). I hope shadow does good and is feeling well soon.

Not at all. They look perfect. that's why it was shocking to hear that.

Hmm, are they baby teeth? Because that's when they like to take them out, so they don't have to put them out again just pull the baby teeth out.
Please keep us posted.;)

Hmmm, I have never heard of a vet wanting to remove perfectly fine teeth because "they might" do something. :confused: Was it going to cost more money due to the one testicle thing? Of course he would have charged to take the teeth out. Sounds like he was just out to make some extra money. Glad your MIL decided to leave with him and hope you find a better vet or at the least get a good second opinion.

No, his adult teeth.

I mean he was just there to get neutered. Why would he start looking at other parts of his body??? weird.

I'd definetly get a second opinion.

Yes, he was going to charge about 25 bucks more cause the operation was going to be more complicated since he had to go seeper to look for the other testicle.

That's what my husband said; H e was looking to make extra money and that's why he brought up that up about his teeth.

Did your vet not require an exam before the surgery? Or maybe even make a note of these problems when you went in for puppy shots?

I find it odd that he/she didn't detect all these things.

I went to a different vet this time.

I just brough over Shadow's records to this new place where is was getting neutered.

Oh, OK. That's odd.

Most vets (including mine) won't spay/neuter without an exam. If they would've done the exam before today, they would've detected on these things.

Is the surgery underway already? Is it to late to find another vet?

No way! My MIL didn't leave him ..she ran out of that office asap!

Maybe you could try Google for recommendations for a new vet.

I'm curious, why didn't you just go with the vet who did the puppy shots (assuming that you went back more than once- meaning you would've like that person)?

I think you probably missunderstood about the teeth. I don't see any vet wanting to pull out healthy adult teeth... maybe you haven't noticed that there are baby teeth still in his mouth - a lot of people don't... Lacy's baby canines never fell out on their own and had to be pulled so most likely yours still has his baby canines too and that's what the vet wanted to pull.

This is why its not a good idea to just skip around to different vets - find one you like and stick with them so they'll know the history of your dog. If you had done that, your dog would have had an exam prior to being neutered and you would have already known about the one non-descended testicle and the vet would have shown you the baby teeth that hadn't fallen out and discussed the situations with you. Also, when taking an animal to a new vet for the first time, always take the animal in yourself. Unless your MIL lives with your dog 24/7 like you do, she's not going to know him like you do and can't give the vet an accurate history. The person/persons closest to the dog (ie. adults living with the dog) should always be the one to take a dog to the vet, not a friend or relative for this reason

Well, first of all they lost an animal..(a maltese)
second, it was a rip off..they were going to charge me 600 for a neutering (including everything) but that's still a lot.