Chaos at the vet's office...

[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.

[moosmom]

RICHARD,

Thanks honey! I needed a good laugh this morning. Reminded me of the game "Mousetrap". Remember that game?? I'm showing my age here.

KAK,

All I can do is write Dr. Geer a letter to tell him of my concerns, in the HOPES that change will be made. There were at least 3 people waiting to check out that witnessed the entire episode, so I'm sure I'm not the only one who will be voicing their concerns. If it weren't for Dr. Walker stepping (not literally) in and doing whatever he did (I was too concerned about my cat to worry about what actions he took), it could've been a lot worse.

Blue,

Personally, if I wasn't so terrified of getting in between a dog fight, I would've aimed my foot for the dog's crotch. I'm a writer, I NEED my hands!!

As far as the vet bill...I wouldn't ask Dr. Geer to reduce my bill because of some incident. I've been with him a long time, as had my Dad. He's helped tremendously with animal cruelty cases, is higly respected in his field and I wouldn't trust my cats to anyone else. I've had a lot of veterinarians in the time I've had pets and been in animal rescue.

[gini]

Goodness sakes - what a story! Aside from the fact that the person in charge of the Rottie - wasn't in charge as she should have been.....the vet tech simply used extremely bad judgement in grabbing Maya Linn's carrier to use as a weapon.

Yes, a letter to the vet suggesting some type of procedure to follow when these things happen would be excellent. The vet tech needs more training in common sense as well.

My vet has a pet shop in addition to his office and one day a month they offer vaccinations at a reduced rate. I brought Rascal in his carrier and it was crowded with a line of people and pets. A Rottie walked right up to Rascal's carrier and stuck his nose into it. The owner could have cared less.

When it was my turn and I opened the carrier on the table - pee was everywhere - Rascal had soaked himself. The vet who was administering the shots was disgusted with me!! I grabbed paper towels and cleaned up as best as I could. I was upset though, so I said outloud "well, if the woman with the Rottie had control of her dog - then my cat would not have peed all over the place."

I hope that Maya isn't scarred and your next trip to the vets won't be a trauma for her.

I am sorry you had to go through this though - it had to have scarred you as well.