Vet muzzled my puppy?

[wildo]

So I'm a little curious. You know- context is everything in these kinds of stories.

You: "Be gentle with that left ear, he can be over dramatic."
Vet: <immediately starts jabbing around/in that ear without saying anything>

Really? Did the vet say anything like, "Hmmm- do you think he might have an infection or something down in there? Maybe he has something in there that is bothering him. Let's see if we can take a look..." <starts prodding>

To me, that is sooooooooo much different than the vet silently just poking around for no good reason after you say to be careful.

[martemchik]

Originally Posted by sjackson310

Also, she spent about 5 minutes telling me my desire to get him neutered at 2 was incorrect and that 1.) My dog will probably get cancer, 2.) My dog has a high likelihood of scaling the fence and escaping to impregnate a bitch and then will get hit by a car (she really said this..), and 3.) He will pee all over the house when he begins to mark. I just sat there saying "Thank you, but I will wait till he is two" and after a few times of saying that, she said okay, your choice and that I was ready to check out. I was really annoyed by the whole time spent with her. The techs were great as always. My friend was one of the techs and she even said "Steph doesn't neuter her dogs at 3 months, she does it when they are older and they never get out."

IDK I guess I am just venting now.

Most vets will push neutering/spaying. Most of their clients aren't responsible enough for intact ownership so they push it. It's also a crazy profit maker for them. It's probably the equivalent of an appendectomy for humans. The simplest surgery they can do, and they charge as much as they can for it.

[sjackson310]

Yeah, my older shepherd he LOVES LOVES LOVES the vet because that's where he was raised since I took him with every day. He only growled once and that was after being stuck in the neck 5 times while being cornered into the wall, cause nobody could find a good vein lol and immediately after he growled he licked her in the face.

[sjackson310]

Wildo, I wish I could say she said something like that. She gave a weird face (kind of resembled a "hmmm let's check it out" face) and then grabbed the long q-tip, reached her non dominant hand around his neck/body and back around to the base of his ear, then with her other hand she was pulling the ear apart to separate it and get the hair outta the way (he's a coatie so he has ear floofies) and while this was happening he was trying to wiggle outta her grasp and was doing the freaked out whine that german shepherds do, and then she twirled the q-tip back and went deep into his ear and spun it for a couple seconds, and pulled it out. The whole time he was freaked out.

Then she said his ears look very clean, asked how often I clean them, and said she doesn't know why his left ear is so sensitive. Then went on to his mouth and he was kinda ticked off ever since the ear exam apparently because that's when he let out a growl. When I say growl though, it wasn't the type of "I am going to bite you" growl, it was the kind they make when their mouth is open and they are inviting play with another puppy. It kinda sounded like a howl mixed with a growl, mixed with a dying cat sound.

[carmspack]

get yourself some Zymox and treat the ear .

[sjackson310]

Carmspack, before I quit working there, I stocked up on meds in case I ever needed them. And I usually just have to say "Hey can I pick up some _______" and they let me have it Point of me saying all that, I have Remicin and I gave him a prophylactic dose of it as soon as we got home

[carmspack]

good , at least then if you return to that vet , the ear won't be a source of tension --- maybe get onto a better footing with the vet .

[sjackson310]

Yeah, idk, he has always been so weird about that one ear. They ran tests and everything, all is clear. But I will treat it for a week anyways.
I think I will just have my normal vets look at him.

[sjackson310]

Here's my little squirt at the vet

[llombardo]

Originally Posted by martemchik

This vet is incompetent? Seriously?!?!? Because she wants to muzzle a GSD? You realize that vet probably sees a bunch of unruly, untrained, aggressive dogs on a daily basis. If putting a muzzle on is what the vet needs to do her job...let her do it. It doesn't hurt a dog any to have a muzzle on.

I love people making judgement about a vet and a puppy's intentions over a 4 paragraph post.

There really is nothing wrong with muzzling the dog but for the vet to generalize GSD's is an issue..She gave him his shots and then proceeded to tell me my dog is aggressive and will most likely have to be muzzled every time he comes in???? She said "German shepherds are weird like that, they typically have to be muzzled."