Does your dog like the vet's office?
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Jack is usually fine as long as the vet and technicians take time to say hi to him and feed him treats. He doesn't get nervous or stressed being in that environment, its just his normal "no touching" thing he has to get over, like with all new people. We're going to a new vet in a couple of weeks so we'll see how that goes. *fingers crossed*
Missy is nervous, but she gets better once treats come out - she'll do anything if there's food. I wouldn't say she "likes" it, but she tolerates it.
Missy is nervous, but she gets better once treats come out - she'll do anything if there's food. I wouldn't say she "likes" it, but she tolerates it.
My dog doesn't like people. Lol so any issues she has with the vet office stem from the fact that it involves being around strangers. She behaves at the vet the same way she would behave at Petco. She doesn't care about being poked and prodded and handled, that's the easy part. She's cooperative and sits still and really requires no restraint.
It used to be okay because she'd chill out in the exam room and the doc would go slow, so this strange person wasn't being thrusted upon her. However now that I bring her to work, we don't really get the luxury of being in a room where we can take our time; and my coworkers tend to want to swarm her all at once (but then they give her baby food to make nice). So she's not very fond of all that.
It used to be okay because she'd chill out in the exam room and the doc would go slow, so this strange person wasn't being thrusted upon her. However now that I bring her to work, we don't really get the luxury of being in a room where we can take our time; and my coworkers tend to want to swarm her all at once (but then they give her baby food to make nice). So she's not very fond of all that.
Meg doesn't like it exactly, but she's good and relatively comfortable there. They can't take her out of the exam room though; she panics completely. When I switched vets a while ago, that was the first thing I asked - if they were fine with doing everything in the room with me. And they have been.
Gusto...I am already stressed about taking him in next time. He was very worried, and the tech who tried to draw blood for his heartworm test missed the vein the first time, and he started screaming so much that they finally gave up and said they would just test it when he was under for his neuter. Unfortunately, I'm not planning to get him neutered again this spring, so I'm not sure what we will do! I plan to make it very clear that the person who tries to get blood from him needs to be the person with the best shot of getting a vein the first time.
Gusto...I am already stressed about taking him in next time. He was very worried, and the tech who tried to draw blood for his heartworm test missed the vein the first time, and he started screaming so much that they finally gave up and said they would just test it when he was under for his neuter. Unfortunately, I'm not planning to get him neutered again this spring, so I'm not sure what we will do! I plan to make it very clear that the person who tries to get blood from him needs to be the person with the best shot of getting a vein the first time.
Mick hates the car ride, not the vet. Both he and Murph are polite while there - friendly but not over the top in their behavior. Their biggest bugaboo is getting on the scale (can't blame them, I don't like it either. 
) My vet's practice is in a house, so the exam rooms are fairly large and I stay with the dogs at all times. (My mom's vet has a tech take the animals back to an exam room while the owner waits in the lobby. I don't particularly like that.)
Riley is fine with the vet although he won't accept the treats - he knows I usually have better stuff than a biscuit. He does like playing with the vet's Papillon whenever she's there and the vet is okay with them playing in the bigger exam room if he's not too busy or we're the last appointment of the day.
) My vet's practice is in a house, so the exam rooms are fairly large and I stay with the dogs at all times. (My mom's vet has a tech take the animals back to an exam room while the owner waits in the lobby. I don't particularly like that.)Riley is fine with the vet although he won't accept the treats - he knows I usually have better stuff than a biscuit. He does like playing with the vet's Papillon whenever she's there and the vet is okay with them playing in the bigger exam room if he's not too busy or we're the last appointment of the day.
Kharma is all "I am here. You may now worship me." They do.
Bimmer's his usual charming self
Tallulah -- as long as she's not separated from me -- is thrilled to see everyone, and one thing I really like about my vet's office is they LOVE pitbull types, especially APBTs. They think Tallulah is perfection. Oh, and she talks . . . incessantly. And LOUDLY. And they still love her :rofl1:
They do.Bimmer's his usual charming self
Tallulah -- as long as she's not separated from me -- is thrilled to see everyone, and one thing I really like about my vet's office is they LOVE pitbull types, especially APBTs. They think Tallulah is perfection. Oh, and she talks . . . incessantly. And LOUDLY. And they still love her :rofl1:
King likes going in, and doesn't get too rattled even when being poked when they draw blood. He really liked one of the vets and one of the assistants, but both are gone now. He likes the new doctor well enough, but I notice he doesn't look too happy when she checks him over when we go for his Cushing's checkups. He loved getting the same from the old vet, who retired after having a baby, at least temporarily. Molly is another thing entirely. I wouldn't be shocked if she keels over dead someday, as she is a mess before we even go into the office. By the time we get into the exam room, she's a mess, panting heavily, lips and eye rims are cherry red, and she's shaking like a leaf. By the time the doc comes in her pulse cannot be felt because it's so fast, and she is gulping and panting to the point I don't know how she gets enough air to keep from passing out. After say 15 minutes in the office, she gets home and passes out for a couple of hours at least. She's totally wiped out. She's the most stressed out dog I've ever seen at the vet that doesn't get nasty about it. She just looks and is, miserable.
Fozzie is really great at the Vet, because he's a flagrant attention hore! Everyone there loves him and says he's the best patient... they call him Corgisaurus.
Gonzo is actually really good at the Vet, even though I haven't gone out of my way to condition him to it. He pants a little and sheds more, but he's cooperative and friendly and never growls. Being that he's normally not a fan of strangers, I think he truly understands that they are there to help him. He seems to be very in tune with people's intentions.
LOL! I do this to every dog that I groom... luckily they forgive me. They seem to understand that I don't enjoy it either.
Gonzo is actually really good at the Vet, even though I haven't gone out of my way to condition him to it. He pants a little and sheds more, but he's cooperative and friendly and never growls. Being that he's normally not a fan of strangers, I think he truly understands that they are there to help him. He seems to be very in tune with people's intentions.
LOL! I do this to every dog that I groom... luckily they forgive me.
They seem to understand that I don't enjoy it either.
All three of mine love it. Although, we've moved now so I don't know what they'll think of any new place I hate vet shopping.
Anyway, my old vet fridges little tubes of peanut butter so they're hard but not impossible to lick. Then I stack my dogs, they do the exam while licking the PB and get shots (Eden is the only one that notices and she's the sweetest so no issue) and then we do 2o2o on the scale/get weighed and that's that. That's the routine - mine 100% think they are there for 2o2o training and stacking training and then a quick pet. LOL
I hate vet shopping.Anyway, my old vet fridges little tubes of peanut butter so they're hard but not impossible to lick. Then I stack my dogs, they do the exam while licking the PB and get shots (Eden is the only one that notices and she's the sweetest so no issue) and then we do 2o2o on the scale/get weighed and that's that. That's the routine - mine 100% think they are there for 2o2o training and stacking training and then a quick pet. LOL
I think that, looking back, I could have done a lot of things differently to get Jackson to like the vet. Unfortunately, on our first visit (with me) at 12 weeks old, he had a horrible terrible reaction to a shot, and he also yelped extremely loud when they were giving it to him, and they were just very "rough" with him -- didn't really take their time, etc. Looking back, I'm so mad at myself that I did not really do any vet shopping, trying to find the right one FIRST... because that very first incident kind of ruined him from vets.