Not sure if this is the right place...but it's not really about her health so I decided to put it here instead.
So disgusted. My female dog Hannah got spayed last Tuesday at five years old. Everything went well and we came home with a nice little (or not so little) E-collar for her and by Sunday night her incision was red and puffy.
So Monday we call back and get an appointment to get in that day to have it looked at. This is a newer vet clinic for us, we've only been their a few times recently and only with one vet who we love. We stopped going their a few years ago after the vet we had when my ferret had cancer was incredibly rude. But since Hannah needed to go in immediately my mom didn't bother asking who the vet would be.
So sure enough it's the lady I had with my ferret.
She comes into the small examining room with an attitude, Hannah didn't like her at all but went over and wiggled at the tech that came in after. With no hello or anything this vet comes over and goes "will she let me see her stomach?"
And I told her truthfully that she more than likely will if not put on the examination table and will put up a fight, but if she wanted to I could get Hannah to show her her stomach on the ground.
So vet lady goes "Fine, let me see." asking me to get Hannah to roll on her back.
So I tell Hannah to sit and lay down which she does with no hesitation and then I tell her to roll over which she starts to do immediately, but then brilliant vet swoops down over her and tries to shove her onto her back faster....that of course didn't work. Hannah jumps up and the vet proceeds to back her into the corner and says "Thought so, guess we have to do it on the table" and to the tech "help me grab her"
So Hannah is then wrestled onto the table, her legs ripped out from underneath her and the tech holding onto her around her middle and neck. I waited until Hannah had calmed down a bit and when she had I calmly started petting her head which immediately calmed her down more.
Now comes the best part. The vet starts out asking if she's been licking and I tell her no because she has the collar on. *Keep in mind everything she says from now on is said in a very condescending voice with an act of moral superiority*
Vet proceeds to say "Well I think she's been licking more than you know"...umm yeah, that must be it.
The she goes "You really need to get her used to being on her back like this, she shouldn't have fought and it's something as an owner you should know about and be working on"
Well let me explain something here, Hannah is a Mastiff/Rott/GSD mix who is incredibly strong. But that being said, I can put her on her back ANYWHERE. In the park with 20 little kids running around her almost stepping on her nose and she will roll over onto her back if I tell her to. In a petstore she's on her back if I ask her to. She even, last vet visit (with the vet we like) when he came into the same examination room Hannah was laying on her back tongue hanging out the side of her mouth and after greeting him went right back to that position.
I replied to the vet "She will go on her back everywhere and anywhere, she was laying on her back when I asked her to in your waiting room 15 minutes ago. But guess what, she is not going to roll onto her back in a tiny room with four people in it, two of which she doesn't know when on a tiny examination table (that she can't roll over on anyways) to expose her stomach when she is feeling a lot of pain, from said stomach. Now if you have any suggestions I would be glad to hear them, otherwise it's not going to happen."
Her reply, "She has to trust you enough to do it in high stress situations like pet stores and when their are people around."
Me: "She does, she just doesn't trust you"
Vet: "Like right now you should be going, GOOD GIRL, YOU'RE BEING SO GOOD *all said in high pitch baby voice*" After she said this Hannah started jerking around again because of the high pitched excited voice
Me: "I'm not going to get her worked up again, I'm petting her calmly and that's enough"
Her: "Well you need to use positive reinforcement to make her like it"
Me: "First off again, she is fine being on her back, it's you she doesn't like."
Her: "You can call ahead and we can let you use one of our empty examination rooms so you can get her comfortable and work on her rolling over on command"
Me: "She is fine in your examination rooms and again I'll say that right now she is in a tiny room with four people, two of which she doesn't know. On a tiny table she can't roll over on with a vet she doesn't like poking at her very sore and infected stomach...she's not going to roll over. So unless you would like to cut her open, stitch her back up and let it get infected again so we can bring her in here and work on her rolling over it's not going to help anything. So once again, if you have any valid suggestions please give them"
So for the rest of the vet visit she just made she we knew she thought it was our fault Hannah's wound got infected. Her parting comment was "Oh she's cute." She had never once acknowledged Hannah, pet her or even really looked at her.
My mom, who was by the tech holding her down, said later that every time the vet would say something the tech would shake her head and roll her eyes and then smile when I responded. This vet has now been crossed off and we will request never to have her again.
And while we were waiting in the waiting room for her medication Hannah was laying on her back, perfectly happy.
So disgusted. My female dog Hannah got spayed last Tuesday at five years old. Everything went well and we came home with a nice little (or not so little) E-collar for her and by Sunday night her incision was red and puffy.
So Monday we call back and get an appointment to get in that day to have it looked at. This is a newer vet clinic for us, we've only been their a few times recently and only with one vet who we love. We stopped going their a few years ago after the vet we had when my ferret had cancer was incredibly rude. But since Hannah needed to go in immediately my mom didn't bother asking who the vet would be.
So sure enough it's the lady I had with my ferret.
She comes into the small examining room with an attitude, Hannah didn't like her at all but went over and wiggled at the tech that came in after. With no hello or anything this vet comes over and goes "will she let me see her stomach?"
And I told her truthfully that she more than likely will if not put on the examination table and will put up a fight, but if she wanted to I could get Hannah to show her her stomach on the ground.
So vet lady goes "Fine, let me see." asking me to get Hannah to roll on her back.
So I tell Hannah to sit and lay down which she does with no hesitation and then I tell her to roll over which she starts to do immediately, but then brilliant vet swoops down over her and tries to shove her onto her back faster....that of course didn't work. Hannah jumps up and the vet proceeds to back her into the corner and says "Thought so, guess we have to do it on the table" and to the tech "help me grab her"
So Hannah is then wrestled onto the table, her legs ripped out from underneath her and the tech holding onto her around her middle and neck. I waited until Hannah had calmed down a bit and when she had I calmly started petting her head which immediately calmed her down more.
Now comes the best part. The vet starts out asking if she's been licking and I tell her no because she has the collar on. *Keep in mind everything she says from now on is said in a very condescending voice with an act of moral superiority*
Vet proceeds to say "Well I think she's been licking more than you know"...umm yeah, that must be it.
The she goes "You really need to get her used to being on her back like this, she shouldn't have fought and it's something as an owner you should know about and be working on"
Well let me explain something here, Hannah is a Mastiff/Rott/GSD mix who is incredibly strong. But that being said, I can put her on her back ANYWHERE. In the park with 20 little kids running around her almost stepping on her nose and she will roll over onto her back if I tell her to. In a petstore she's on her back if I ask her to. She even, last vet visit (with the vet we like) when he came into the same examination room Hannah was laying on her back tongue hanging out the side of her mouth and after greeting him went right back to that position.
I replied to the vet "She will go on her back everywhere and anywhere, she was laying on her back when I asked her to in your waiting room 15 minutes ago. But guess what, she is not going to roll onto her back in a tiny room with four people in it, two of which she doesn't know when on a tiny examination table (that she can't roll over on anyways) to expose her stomach when she is feeling a lot of pain, from said stomach. Now if you have any suggestions I would be glad to hear them, otherwise it's not going to happen."
Her reply, "She has to trust you enough to do it in high stress situations like pet stores and when their are people around."
Me: "She does, she just doesn't trust you"
Vet: "Like right now you should be going, GOOD GIRL, YOU'RE BEING SO GOOD *all said in high pitch baby voice*" After she said this Hannah started jerking around again because of the high pitched excited voice
Me: "I'm not going to get her worked up again, I'm petting her calmly and that's enough"
Her: "Well you need to use positive reinforcement to make her like it"
Me: "First off again, she is fine being on her back, it's you she doesn't like."
Her: "You can call ahead and we can let you use one of our empty examination rooms so you can get her comfortable and work on her rolling over on command"
Me: "She is fine in your examination rooms and again I'll say that right now she is in a tiny room with four people, two of which she doesn't know. On a tiny table she can't roll over on with a vet she doesn't like poking at her very sore and infected stomach...she's not going to roll over. So unless you would like to cut her open, stitch her back up and let it get infected again so we can bring her in here and work on her rolling over it's not going to help anything. So once again, if you have any valid suggestions please give them"
So for the rest of the vet visit she just made she we knew she thought it was our fault Hannah's wound got infected. Her parting comment was "Oh she's cute." She had never once acknowledged Hannah, pet her or even really looked at her.
My mom, who was by the tech holding her down, said later that every time the vet would say something the tech would shake her head and roll her eyes and then smile when I responded. This vet has now been crossed off and we will request never to have her again.
And while we were waiting in the waiting room for her medication Hannah was laying on her back, perfectly happy.
