Chaos at the vet's office...

[Pinot's Mom]

I'm going to try and gain my composure and write a letter to Dr. Geer to let him know I am NOT happy with the events, but do NOT want to get his vet tech in trouble. I know she was only grabbing the closest thing, out of instinct. But for her to say she didn't know my 13 POUND cat was in the carrier is a little extreme.

I only wish they had thought of the fire extinguisher rather than using my cat and carrier.

Thanks everyone for your support.

We all know it's upsetting, but I think either a letter or a call to the vet is a really good thing; not to get the tech in trouble, but to alert the vet there should be steps taken to prevent this in the future (ie:muzzles and an emergency training course to stop the attack). You seem to have a good relationship so this shouldn't be a huge hurdle.

I hope you and Maya Linn will hold no scars...of any kind.

Peace.

Maggie

[moosmom]

The rottie was a rescue, looking for a home. It's sad because now it's not likely that he will get placed, unless someone takes pity on him.

My cats are now all fat, happy, full and sleeping. I cut up a whole rotisserie chicken for them and me for dinner.

I hope that my vet will consider two separate entrances. Either that or put a plan in place should this happen again.

[RICHARD]

Now that everyting is o.k., can I make a joke?

We have two dogs that have attacked each other and have been separatged by the tech, who takes a pet carrier - loaded with an innocent bystander and on the lap of a even more innocent hooman- and uses it to break up the fight.

Here is the fiction part?

The cage opens and the cat gets out.

The parrot, sitting on the pirate's shoulder flies off and begins to circle the llama. The llama kicks the man holding the cage with the lizard in it.

THAT CAGE opens up and the lizard knocks over the magazines on the table that land on the sleeping pot bellied pig.

The pig jumps up and knocks the vet, who has come out to see the ruckus, on his keister.


Naw, way too much excitement?

[kitten645]

I definately think there should be an emergency drill that is practiced at the vets! I mean there are fire drills nearly everywhere. We've had earthquake drills at my store. We were trained in CPR in case someone has a problem. There are protocols when someone hurts themselves. And that's at a retail store! Nothing to do with unpredictable animals! You should insist they impliment protocols and inform you of what they have done to make sure this never happens again. They definately shouldn't charge you for the visit since Maya "paid" what was owed physically!
However, looking on the funny side (if there is one!) I think Maya should have a special crime fighting cape and a superhero name! MAYA TO THE RESCUE! (whether she wanted to or not!)
Claludia

[blue]

Im glad Maya Linn is fine. However if it had been me and Erp in her carrier there, somebody would have likely been punched.

[Queen of Poop]

Im glad Maya Linn is fine. However if it had been me and Erp in her carrier there, somebody would have likely been punched.

Gotta love it!!!

Diego says Maya, you are my hero. Take any and every chance you get to get those dog things. They slobber and make just a disrupted mess of everything. I whack at Chance the pupper every opportunity I get. I don't bother with Sasha though, she's too old.

Cali, my white princess says, Thank goodness you came thru unscathed. And a chicken feast!!! You are so lucky.

Hugs and purrs from us all.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Donna, I'm so sorry to hear this. I'm glad that Maya Linn is fine but I'm shocked to here that the vet tech didn't even realize that she was in the carrier. I sure hope that this office will now come up with a plan to prevent this kind of thing from ever happening again. I also agree that you should receive a credit to your account for whatever you paid today since Maya Linn had to endure such a scary event. Please take care. (((HUGS)))

I've only been to one vet's office that actually had a separate side for cats and dogs. My current vet has two separate doors so the dogs try to stay on the left and the cats on the right but the cats don't have much space. When it's busy I've had to sit by several dogs. Luckily my current vet's office is building a larger building so when they move hopefully the waiting area will be much larger and cats and dogs can be kept separate.

[K & L]

OMG I can't believe this! First off to let her stand there knowing how aggressive the dog was being, and then to take your carrier and whack the dog with the cat inside. I would've been LIVID! I'm glad all turned out well though.

[Asiel]

Sorry you had to go through this Moosmom but I'm glad your cat seems to be back to normal. I agree there should be a plan in action since this could repeat itself at any given time. I think the techs should have been coached about such incidents and should know how to break fights up without using a carrier with a cat inside.
The stupidity of some people never ceases to amaze me. I just can't believe someone would actually take a dog aggressive dog to the vet's without a muzzle. I'm also surprised at the techs. If this had happened at my vet's the owner of that rottie would have been asked to take the dog out and they would have handed the lady a muzzle. As for being a rescue I don't think that kind of dog belongs in a home where it could hurt someone. And that doesn't mean I'm against rotties, I rather like them but not this kind.