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Post by hulmeman on Oct 11, 2017 9:22:27 GMT
Because of the need for my dog to recover from a hip operation, we have been on restricted walks for the past few weeks. As a result, claws have grown quite long and needed to be clipped. The dogs that is not me.
Well dear god, you would think we were removing the leg off one on my dogs (we'll call her Mitzi - not her real name) without anaesthetic all the wriggling, yelping and stress that was going on. Me that is not the dogs!
Does anyone else feel stressed when taking a pet to the vet (oh a rhyme!) even for a routine matter like clipping or inoculations?
Or is it moi?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2017 15:05:32 GMT
Not just you! Even when my old (now dearly departed) Doggy was young I'd be really anxious about taking her to the Vet- just the 'what if there's something wrong' even when there's not. Or even though 90% of the time she was calm and well behaved for the vet, what if she's not etc (little monster was invariably an angel for the vet meanwhile turned into Satan's dog if we dared try and clip claws etc).
A funny story about dogs and worrying...Mum now dog sits and we had a mini Yorkie and a Retriever (who live together) anyway the Retriever accidentally knocked the Yorkie over (in her defense it was tiny) and oh my you'd think the little thing was dying the way it lay down and moaned. Me, still being a bit fragile from losing my dog earlier in the year freaked out crying we'd let the dog get killed...nah it was just a drama queen and it turned out it did that for attention at the slightest mishap...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2017 17:22:10 GMT
My dog, Dogtor Who or Doc for short can only be described as a drama queen. Visits to the vet are a real trauma which seem to affect the other pets and owners in the waiting room but once we are in the vet's surgery he acts as if butter wouldn't melt in his mouth.
This behaviour is also part of his street persona (or should that be dogsona). The slightest provocation seems to send him into hysterics - being a small dog when confronted by larger dogs it gives him carte blanche to use his whining technique at full blast (or so I thought)!
The other day in the park he was stung by a wasp on one of his paws and the poor thing just held his paw up and screamed and screamed until he was nearly sick. Obviously I tried to placate him as did many passers by, but it was a full 20 minutes until he started to relax. One curiousity was that a woman from a neighbouring block of flats came to see what all the yelping was about - she thought that a dog was being badly mistreated so came to see what all the fuss was about.
This said I hastily add that his grizzling attacks are isolated and he is usually well behaved and very affectionate.
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Post by alece10 on Oct 11, 2017 17:27:21 GMT
My dearly departed dog always seemed to know when she was being taken to the vets and would normally refuse to walk so I had to carry her. Then when waiting in the vets she would sit in my arms literally shivering with fear. It was awful. I felt so sorry for her.
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Post by hulmeman on Oct 11, 2017 17:40:14 GMT
Oh I so identify with some of your posts!!
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Post by couldileaveyou on Oct 11, 2017 17:54:31 GMT
I'm glad you chose to protect your dog's real identity
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Post by hulmeman on Oct 11, 2017 18:02:54 GMT
I'm glad you chose to protect your dog's real identity And I would have to pixelate any picture I put on here. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2017 18:13:33 GMT
Talking of pictures, and slight 'pet shaming' the dogs we're sitting at present are bulldogs (French and British) and the British one has what has been described as 'Like Winston Churchill's Grandma' and prompted the question 'Why does it look melted'. Neither are inaccurate. Only a mother could love that face.
Total sweethearts, who unfortunately think they're the size of a Yorkie and want to sit on your lap, or chest (ow)
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2017 19:00:42 GMT
I'm glad you chose to protect your dog's real identity Oh dear I've totally broken my dog's anonymity now! All the other dogs in the park will be pointing the paw at him. |
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Post by Tibidabo on Oct 11, 2017 19:50:53 GMT
Oh dear I've totally broken my dog's anonymity now! All the other dogs in the park will be pointing the paw at him. Nah. Don't worry @buddyvlc. The dogs in your Valencian park don't speak Eeeeengeleeeeesh innit! He'll still be able to bomb around without anyone pestering him for pawtographs. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2017 20:11:36 GMT
Oh dear I've totally broken my dog's anonymity now! All the other dogs in the park will be pointing the paw at him. Nah. Don't worry @buddyvlc . The dogs in your Valencian park don't speak Eeeeengeleeeeesh innit! He'll still be able to bomb around without anyone pestering him for pawtographs. Unfortunately there is one canine who is the Hilda Dogden of the park and she understands English, Spanish and Valenciano. There are also a few stray felines lurking in the bushes always ready to make catty remarks. |
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Post by Tibidabo on Oct 11, 2017 21:09:15 GMT
Well dear god, you would think we were removing the leg off one on my dogs (we'll call her Mitzi - not her real name) without anaesthetic all the wriggling, yelping and stress that was going on. Me that is not the dogs! Waggy Tibs also has long nails since last Bonfire Night, as she has refused to go for walkies in the dark. Last time we took her for a massacre clip, after the actual procedure (for which the nurses draw lots to decide who's on duty ) when I opened the door to go back into the waiting room a woman looked inside the consulting room, spotted blood all over the floor and up the walls and gasped: "Oh, poor thing! Was it a car accident?" |
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Post by CG on the loose on Oct 11, 2017 22:26:30 GMT
My old cat, long gone now, did a mighty fine impression of a dog growling which used to freak out any dog that took too keen an interest in her pet carrier in the waiting room. Also used to refuse to come out said carrier once inside the surgery, doing the full-on hissing, spitting, four-legged braced against the 'door frame' thing. Picture her face the first time I took her in the new carrier from which, with a flick of four catches, the entire top could be removed! Bless her, I do miss her.
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Post by musicalfloozie on Oct 12, 2017 13:38:08 GMT
I'm getting my first pet soon, a kitten and I'm very excited but very nervous. Fingers crossed for no pet problems!!!
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