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| - I took my dog in today to get neutered. He is a German Shepherd/Black Lab mix and he is very big. He is also very nervous and not socialized very well which I acknowledge is my fault. Knowing this is advance, I muzzled him before the visit. He did bark at a couple people through the muzzle but overall anyone looking at him could tell that he is just very nervous and very protective of my wife and I. When we took him back to see the vet, my dog did not bark, growl or show any signs of aggression whatsoever. He stood there shaking with his tail between his legs and pushing up against me because he was scared. The "vet" did NOTHING to attempt to socialize with my dog, did not ask any questions, did not ask if he should approach him in any particular way being that he had a muzzle on and did not even seem to take notice that my dog was very scared. When he asked me to put him on the scale, my dog did so without hesitation. At this point the "vet", like a total idiot, decided to go ahead and lunge down to my dog at eye level and attempt to touch him with absolutely no caring or finesse whatsoever. At this point, with a muzzle on, my dog barked and attempted to bite at the vets hand. With the muzzle, there is no way he could have actually bitten or hurt anyone at all. This so called vet backs up, looks TERRIFIED, and tells me that he won't be able to take my dog in for surgery. Absolutely refused to work with him in any way whatsoever and turned us away.
Let me ask this...what kind of supposed "vet" does not know how to recognize when a dog is scared/nervous and does not know how to deal with an animal like that? What kind of "vet" does not inquire as to why he is wearing a muzzle and if any kind of special care should be taken? What kind of "vet" does not have the sense to see when a dog is obviously very uncomfortable and scared just based on body language alone? What kind of "vet" lunges at a dog in this nervous state head on and at eye level and just tries to reach out and grab this dog? And then lastly, what kind of "vet" refuses to understand their mistake and does not perhaps attempt another approach or perhaps attempt sedating the dog? He even stated that he believes that my dog desperately needs neutered but then refused to help him because he made a rookie mistake and came at a nervous dog head on and fast.
Do not take your animals to these people. They do not understand the complexities of dogs and that not all of them are the same and need to be treated gently sometimes. This guy says my dog desperately needs his testicles removed. I say this guy desperately needs his testicles to drop and not be scared of a dog because you messed up and approached him wrong.
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