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by beetree on 19 November 2008 - 01:11
Mirasmom,
Who is that? Hugh Grant???/ LOL
You should have seen our cat, he still drew FIRST BLOOD after all that protection! lolololol
by HENRY on 19 November 2008 - 08:11
Looks like Jim Carrey.

by Dawn G. Bonome on 19 November 2008 - 11:11
In all the years that I have owned a German Shepherd, I never had to muzzle a dog.
Dawn

by Princess on 19 November 2008 - 14:11
I had to resort to a all female vet and staff,as my female went after 4 different male vets and tech's.A male cut her nails to short when she was a puppy and was never able to solve the problem.So I found what works for her ,females and the vet doesnt wear her coat when she see's my girl. She will now lay for x-rays but still wont put up with any nail cutting except by my son ,who has to go thru a whole wrestling game with her. It is fun to watch them as she does win sometimes.
by bopoo on 19 November 2008 - 16:11
All of our dogs are relaxed at the vet. We live in a rural area with only one vet office close (large animals primarily). The two vet techs are both very nervous around German Shepherds and stay behind the counter when any of our dogs come in. Thank goodness both the vets are absolutely confident with any of our dogs. That said, our dogs being trained for the military working dog program are required to be muzzled for vet exams so when they are growing up we muzzle them half way through their routine exams and then remove the muzzle before the exam is done. We do it with our other Shepherds too. They never associate the muzzle with anything bad. Our vet is great about our strange protocol. If there was ever a procedure that would be painful we would muzzle them as a precaution. They wouldn't know the difference.
One side note, our youngest 7 month old Zidane male is in love with one of our vets. From the moment he saw him he immediately thought he was the most wonderful person he ever met. He loves the vets office in hopes he will see his favorite vet. He looks for him the minute he gets out of the car. He scares the vet techs who are hiding behind the counter because he'll put his front feet on the counter and look all around the office area while air scenting for his vet. When he finds his vet he puts his paws gently on his shoulders and licks his face with his tail wagging a mile a minute. Our boy doesn't even like us to hug him. It's like the vet was his owner in a past life. Very strange.
by Langhaar on 19 November 2008 - 17:11
I do not muzzle my dog at the vet or anywhere else, never needed to, if I did I would

by Rezkat5 on 19 November 2008 - 22:11
Working as vet tech, give me a dog that needs to be muzzled over a cat ANYDAY!
There are few and far between dogs that actually make me nervous at work. One was a Beauceron that backed me into corner, but even that wasn't so bad. Still handled her after that. The other was a very large Mastiff type dog that absolutely hated vets. He came in on a muzzle and a halti type collar, managed to slip both in the hallway. CRAP, what do we do now! He truly meant harm, most it's just fear based. Then there's the 10 pound Chihuahua, that we can't touch without sedation, quick little thing. Fun trying to actually get the sedation into her. Knew we were in trouble with her, when at 8 weeks, looking all cute, nailed the receptionist in the nose!

by Princess on 20 November 2008 - 00:11
I wish that the vets could find a way to handle nails, as I'm sure that pinning them as well as hurting them ,makes them afraid. That is the only thing that will make my girl lose control,not sure what the vet did behind close doors,which is why I go with her or they are not touching her. I wonder why they want to take them out of your sight to do stuff. My girl has pinned several different male teck's as well as male vet's , the door was the wrong place to go. So some times a muzzle is necessary ,but if that is the case then maybe you need a new vet. I say this ALL the time trust your dog ,they will not let you down, as In all medical forums money and follum means money,you are your dogs protector and you need to just that. No one touches my dogs unless I'm there and if it's not ok them I say ok I'll think about it. I have a vet who handles police as well as the kennal club so she is good, and guess what she doesnt give me a hard time with raw feeding. doesnt agree but lets me make the choice. So chose the vet who meets your dogs needs and it will take some work.
by beetree on 20 November 2008 - 00:11
When my black shepherd was taken to the vet hospital in a desperate attempt to stop his paralysis at the young age of 14 months, he started to get snappy out of sheer frustration. He was lying on the floor waiting for the vet, who was short and cute. i had just witnessed a cranky episode of his snapping jaws with the tech. When the vet entered the cramped room, he blithely stepped right over my dogs head, his family jewels mere millimeters from disaster.
My friend who was helping me, we both just gasped and our eyes bulged out, he had no idea just how cranky my poor doomed dog was!
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