tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517697125324333905.post3226856244391698312..comments2023-08-28T03:16:12.352-07:00Comments on Just dogs with Sherri: Care; real careUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517697125324333905.post-21406892603054452332011-08-17T13:11:15.243-07:002011-08-17T13:11:15.243-07:00Sherri - I'm with you. I stay with Zorro for ...Sherri - I'm with you. I stay with Zorro for just about everything. My vet DOES show a note in his file "better with owner present". He's a rescue and I can't even imagine what has happened to him in his little life. Like you, I'm the familiar face in the room for him, he needs that for now at least. The good part is, he has a great vet AND the vet office has day care so he's there once a week and knows all the humans. Sometimes I have to convince him to come back home! ;)Debbie & Zorro (a chihuahua)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517697125324333905.post-42637087029835952702011-08-12T07:35:23.780-07:002011-08-12T07:35:23.780-07:00Anonymous; I understand your take, every person an...Anonymous; I understand your take, every person and dog are different but if a vet and the staff cannot take the time to understand that I am a canine specialist then that is sad. My dogs do much better when I am in the room; they are not near as afraid as they have a "familiar" face in the room. <br /><br />I never give off a sense of urgency; only calm and reliable. And they always take blood from my guys necks, I'm well use to it now.Sherrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08589104200839188087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517697125324333905.post-82983736957751687562011-08-12T04:44:52.056-07:002011-08-12T04:44:52.056-07:00Hi sherri, I work in a vets office and while being...Hi sherri, I work in a vets office and while being asked never to return is not only unprofessional but rude, our clinic doesn't allow owners to be present for many clinical procesures either, not because we are concerned for owners fainting, because it allows us as veterinary staff to focus on the dog, we have had some clients insist on staying with their pet and caudeling them, dog psychology is much dIfferent than human psychology, as a reader if your blogs I'm sure your well aware. The dogs I have seen having blood drawn with the owners present has been by far more difficult and stressful than it had to be dogs pick up on your urgency to be with them and that makes it more difficult for us to do our job and by more difficult that also means a higher chance of having to re poke, reposition, and at times reshave for a new vein. We, as a clinic have liability, if an owner gets hurt in the back that is major liability. In some cases with extremely Ill dogs blood must be drawn from the neck, squeamish or not, we dont want the dog to associate you with that. Speaking as San owner who watched her dog get neutered, in the room, with enthusiasm.. And will watch my standard poodle get spayed next month, I understand your hands on approach, but even when Mazie had her urine drawn I stepped out, not for my sake, for hers. As a certified vet hospital assistant I was fully qualified to assist but, I knew Mazie would do much better without me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517697125324333905.post-12565019768113195072011-08-10T10:28:40.588-07:002011-08-10T10:28:40.588-07:00Wow Sherri, we are a lot alike. I will not allow m...Wow Sherri, we are a lot alike. I will not allow my dogs to be takn into another room for anything other than surgery itself. I am even present for x-rays. The vets in Canada were some of the best I have ever dealt with and I miss them terribly. I spent almost 13 years running an no-kill shelter and nothing is too gross for me. If one of my dogs is diagnosed with an illness I investigate it thoroughly including any alternative medicines. We have just moved to Arizona and I am very worried about finding a good vet. I am so glad that even though you were treated so badly by your last vet that this may have been a blessing in disguise. Do you feel good about this new vet? How is Tilley doing? Ive only had one bladder infection and I felt really sick. That sweet girl has had a bit of a rough time in the last little while. I hope she can now feel good and enjoy her wonderful life.Dawnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517697125324333905.post-70537748567016159132011-08-09T07:35:27.354-07:002011-08-09T07:35:27.354-07:00sorry if my english isn't perfect, i'm fre...sorry if my english isn't perfect, i'm french from canada.<br />First, I hope that Tilly will be fine, I agree with you that's not all veterinarian are nice person and care for dogs and their owner emotions, I have to change the veterinarian too, because the first one was not gentel, no time to ask the questions, but the second one I choose, she's lovely, let my spoo feel comfortable and let me ask her, and answear all my questions, she's more expensive than other one but I prefer to pay plus and have a good service that pay less and leave nervous.<br />second, I love my spoo like my own baby, he is my son, and i'm his mother, when I read your message, I want just to tell you, you're right and no one can change that, when you're baby is sick , you should be there with her , you should assist everything because you need to know what is matter with her, and the veterinanien that love dogs they try to do their best to let owner feel fine and their dogs too.<br />I wich Tilly feel better very soon.asmaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08522917569763402726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517697125324333905.post-13517668681221151952011-08-09T05:59:39.136-07:002011-08-09T05:59:39.136-07:00I am VERY picky about vets, and I have changed man...I am VERY picky about vets, and I have changed many times over the years to find the right one for me and my dogs (my dogs have had their own different requirements and it has meant choosing a vet that is best for them and me). I am lucky to have found one that works well for both the dogs I have now, but if I get another one or the needs of one of my dogs changes, I will make future vet decisions based on that! I see those negatives as a good thing, because who can trust a vet like that when things get serious??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517697125324333905.post-48782072196845018502011-08-09T02:01:33.800-07:002011-08-09T02:01:33.800-07:00Shocking behaviour from the first vet. It's ha...Shocking behaviour from the first vet. It's hard to believe they can behave like that. So glad that you have found a good vet now. <br />I really hope Tilley will feel better soon.Husfruen of Hilltop Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16660252824942694775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517697125324333905.post-5604915863523931042011-08-08T22:53:38.639-07:002011-08-08T22:53:38.639-07:00Hi Sherri,
Please tell me it's not one of the ...Hi Sherri,<br />Please tell me it's not one of the VCA hospitals. <br />We had a yorkie who was treated for the wrong diagnosis and died at one of VCA's hospital; "A Breed Apart" in Pasadena back in 1997.Malpractice. Do NOT go to the vet, A Breed Apart in Pasadena.<br />They left her unattended after surgery and didn't follow our request to send her to the ER Vet for overnight care. The hospital, the owner and the vet were fined by the Board of California Veterinary Medicine. The record of Negligence stayed for 5 years. (something like the hospital was not fit to perform major surgery with no overnight attendant/technician etc.)<br /><br />yes, we were shocked. the receptionist called 7:30 in the morning saying she FOUND her dead. We were furious. We specifically told them to send her to the nearby vet ER for post surgery care. They didn't do it. I gave her one of my shirts so she could smell me. Anyway, they did all kinds of unnecessary tests, saying she had an enlarged heart and this and that. THEN found out she ate a 2" twig when they opened her up. NO enlarged heart and whatever other things they said before...(they had a surgeon come over to perform the surgery) and of course the bill was sky high. We had a necropsy done and showed she died of infection...so complaint filed to the CA Board of Veterinary Med. It took a whole year for them to investigate and make the decision. Yes, Emmy went in for diarrhea and vomiting, and never came back. I missed her.<br />Should we be worry about our loved pets just like our families?!!!Jill Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14929285400969013299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517697125324333905.post-81234557803058007352011-08-08T21:58:15.052-07:002011-08-08T21:58:15.052-07:00Sherri, I say again...thank GOD you had to switch ...Sherri, I say again...thank GOD you had to switch vets, though you were already looking. Hugs and love to Ms. Tilley with best wishes for a speedy recovery. And KUDOS to a mom who cares!! Hugs YOUR way too!<br /><br />CarenPractically Magickalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12900071740722180754noreply@blogger.com