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Well, that settles that...
Mar. 9th, 2006 04:08 pmSo, not going back to my current vet again. I'd figured I'd wait at least until Darwin had the last of his shots (which was today), but that appointment pretty much solidified the whole "Find Another Vet" argument for me.
See, Darwin is, despite being a puppy, pretty laid-back. We've been working on socializing him, and he's usually reserved around new people, but he warms up to them pretty quickly. But we have been socializing him. Trips to Petsmart, trips to the park where people jog and power-walk, trips to Tora-kun's office... he definitely gets around. And during the last two vet visits, he was very good. He let the doctor do what the doc needed to do, including jabbing him with a needle and taking his temperature. He was very tolerant. Even sweet.
Today, however, he was... a little snot. He would not sit still for the vet for love or dog biscuits. Checking the heartbeat? Forget it. Checking his ears? Nope. Checking his teeth? Nuh-uh. Jabbing him with a needle? Bitch, please. (He bent the needle, he was bucking and writhing so much.) Mind you, he is not an overly large dog. He will be, but right now he's about 27 lbs (at 3 months, godhelpme). He was 11 lbs when we brought him home. Anyway, Darwin wanted nothing at all to do with the vet. This is enough to register "weird" on my Darwin-radar. I've seen him with people enough to know that today was unusual. And after three visits to the vet's office, the previous two of which went off without a hitch, I don't think that's enough for him to associate negatively with the office.
The general opinion seems to be either (a) he was able to sense that I don't like the guy, or (b) he doesn't like the guy. Either way, we'll be going to another vet in the future. I am not a fan of Tora-kun's mother, but she has a vet she's taken just about all their dogs to for the past fifteen years or so. Tora-kun likes this particular vet, so he's next on the list of vets to try.
So, anyway, the vet goes on to lecture me about "properly socializing" Darwin, which, of course, he has assumed I haven't been doing, because Darwin doesn't seem to like HIM. He also mentioned, no less than three times during a 15 minute appointment, that Darwin "really needs obedience classes." This got my back up, because I'm already PLANNING on putting him in obedience classes after Puppy-K. So he can just kiss both sides of my bunny-butt.
See, Darwin is, despite being a puppy, pretty laid-back. We've been working on socializing him, and he's usually reserved around new people, but he warms up to them pretty quickly. But we have been socializing him. Trips to Petsmart, trips to the park where people jog and power-walk, trips to Tora-kun's office... he definitely gets around. And during the last two vet visits, he was very good. He let the doctor do what the doc needed to do, including jabbing him with a needle and taking his temperature. He was very tolerant. Even sweet.
Today, however, he was... a little snot. He would not sit still for the vet for love or dog biscuits. Checking the heartbeat? Forget it. Checking his ears? Nope. Checking his teeth? Nuh-uh. Jabbing him with a needle? Bitch, please. (He bent the needle, he was bucking and writhing so much.) Mind you, he is not an overly large dog. He will be, but right now he's about 27 lbs (at 3 months, godhelpme). He was 11 lbs when we brought him home. Anyway, Darwin wanted nothing at all to do with the vet. This is enough to register "weird" on my Darwin-radar. I've seen him with people enough to know that today was unusual. And after three visits to the vet's office, the previous two of which went off without a hitch, I don't think that's enough for him to associate negatively with the office.
The general opinion seems to be either (a) he was able to sense that I don't like the guy, or (b) he doesn't like the guy. Either way, we'll be going to another vet in the future. I am not a fan of Tora-kun's mother, but she has a vet she's taken just about all their dogs to for the past fifteen years or so. Tora-kun likes this particular vet, so he's next on the list of vets to try.
So, anyway, the vet goes on to lecture me about "properly socializing" Darwin, which, of course, he has assumed I haven't been doing, because Darwin doesn't seem to like HIM. He also mentioned, no less than three times during a 15 minute appointment, that Darwin "really needs obedience classes." This got my back up, because I'm already PLANNING on putting him in obedience classes after Puppy-K. So he can just kiss both sides of my bunny-butt.
