Re: Anxiety...or not?/pheromone collars Never had a dog that enjoyed going to the vets , Apart from Jake he just loves going anywhere , I totally dislike vets that are out to squeeze money out of you thankfully we have a very good vet . Ask the vet if he wants to wear it to see if your dog is less anxious around him/her . Mike
Re: Anxiety...or not?/pheromone collars [quote author=Penny+Me link=topic=7909.msg111431#msg111431 date=1411228946] I think it would be weird for a dog to actually ENJOY seeing the vet ... [/quote] We have a weird dog - he loves going to the vets! I may be way off base here but I take my dog to the vet because of their expertise in treating physical problems. Not so sure I would be expecting behavioural advice too. Seems like a different area of expertise.
Re: Anxiety...or not?/pheromone collars One of my vets nurses is also a dog behaviourist. She spent a lot of time with Harley when she had her emergency spay and also this time when she was on a drip. I think it really helped. She has told me to pop in anytime and if she is there she will take Harley out the back, take us both into the consulting rooms etc to try and help her worries. Before these 2 episodes Harley loved going to the vets
Re: Anxiety...or not?/pheromone collars I agree-if they'd said-"do you think your dog may be anxious?" Or similar and if I'd said yes then they'd recommended a behaviourist or someone to help me get to the bottom of it I would've been perfectly happy and said well, no, she's fine at home etc but it would really help if I could bring her to see the same vet each time since it is only here she is anxious. However- I only went to the vet because she had had colitis (apparently) so I was really only expecting a check up because she was better. Oh well. Because she's basically a very healthy dog she hardly ever goes and only to get spayed (as above-HAHA) or get her injections so no wonder she's not that into going!
Re: Anxiety...or not?/pheromone collars Charlie has always been just fine going to the vet's - even after all the procedures for his cruciate surgery - he still trots in, happy as Larry, wagging his tail and hoping to get to jump on someone and lick their ears. But he wasn't fine after his surgery at the surgeon's place. Not himself at all. The surgeon suggested on the phone to me that Charlie was a nervous dog. I found this odd and troubling - nervous is not a term that anyone else has ever applied to my happy go lucky boy, who dashes into any situation, tail wagging, looking for the party. He is not a brave dog - eg if another dog does the mildest growl, he legs it - but nervous? No. I put it down to the meds and the severity of the operation, but it struck a funny note with me and I was never entirely happy about it. When I got there, he was more or less as I expected him to be, no worse. But I did wonder why the surgeon had said that on the phone. Sometimes, people seeing your dog in exceptional circumstances say odd things, I reckon.
Re: Anxiety...or not?/pheromone collars Lilly had several trips to our vets before she was happy to go through the door, but I am sure it was the different floor surface. Like Pets@Home - took a while to feel comfortable on it. Same for the big scales, again took ages before she would go on them. Maybe a bit of the inability of dogs to generalise going on here too. Now, she races to get in and puts her paws up on the counter hoping for a treat. Even first trip after her biopsy! And no second thoughts after the vet "freshening the edges" of her biopsy (lets just say it was "like a mur-der" - a la Taggart - with all the blood and pawprints on the floor) You know your dog best
Re: Anxiety...or not?/pheromone collars [quote author=drjs@5 link=topic=7909.msg111752#msg111752 date=1411314417] Lilly had several trips to our vets before she was happy to go through the door, but I am sure it was the different floor surface. Like Pets@Home - took a while to feel comfortable on it. Same for the big scales, again took ages before she would go on them. Maybe a bit of the inability of dogs to generalise going on here too. Now, she races to get in and puts her paws up on the counter hoping for a treat. Even first trip after her biopsy! And no second thoughts after the vet "freshening the edges" of her biopsy (lets just say it was "like a mur-der" - a la Taggart - with all the blood and pawprints on the floor) You know your dog best [/quote] Ben cut the quick on Rileys talons one day and we read that flour can help stop the bleeding so we stuck his paw in a bag of flour. Removed the paw after the bleeding seemed to have abated and left him in the kitchen while we sorted the car for a trip away (of course we did this immediately prior to getting on a ferry to the IoW - why wouldn't you : ). Needless to say we went back to the kitchen a short while later to find it looking like there'd been a murder in a bakery.....bloody flour everywhere !
Re: Anxiety...or not?/pheromone collars ;D ;D Is it arrowroot that is supposed to help stop bleeding? All I can say is I now have new respect for medicated honey dressings, and am thankful I didn't actually have to BUY them
Re: Anxiety...or not?/pheromone collars [quote author=drjs@5 link=topic=7909.msg111978#msg111978 date=1411404288] Is it arrowroot that is supposed to help stop bleeding? [/quote] I have no idea, OH is now banned from claw trimming :
Re: Anxiety...or not?/pheromone collars Yes it's Arrowroot and if I don't have any I use Corn Flour when Hattie cuts her pads and it does the trick xx
Re: Anxiety...or not?/pheromone collars What kind of clippers do you use? Vespa doesn't mind it too much but even though she lies still I'm rubbish at it! She's black and I understand about doing it gradually and stuff but the clippers just seem to slide down and not cut any off! I have the guillotine type of clippers. Any tips other than if I cut her paw off shove her leg in some kind of pie? ;-)
