We have been going to Sprowston vets for around 18 years now. Our rescue dog which we've had for four and a half years has been to the vets what feels like constantly, multiple eye ulcers, eye operation, diamond burr procedures, fatty lump operation, ear problem with sedation, urine problem, so she's has seen many vets and the Ophthalmologist. However, she has seen one particular vet twice, the last time being Sunday 15th February.
If we can we normally ask to see our regular vet but this was a last minute appointment so obviously we are happy to see any vet.
The first thing Sergio asks is, is she friendly, I reminded him he has seen her before for an eye ulcer, hoping that he'd not show his fear which I noticed the first time seeing him.
My dog had gone from chilling on the sofa to a loud yelp the night before, she continued to yelp and held up her back leg but eventually stopped, she just wasn't right in the morning so I rang the vets and got an appointment. Obviously Sergio needed to examine Gracie's leg. We put her up on the table, my partner was holding her, the vet then checked her spine and her leg, as he felt around Gracie's leg, she yelped, now this yelp was a mild yelp in comparison to the night before, but was still a yelp, not a growl a snarl or a bark, it was indeed the normal reaction of any dog that has just had a vet touch an area that caused them some pain.
I was shocked at the reaction from Sergio, he immediately put up both of his arms stood upright and froze, what other way would my dog have been able to let the vet know he'd found the area of concern and had my partner not been holding Gracie, she would have been off that table as he'd frozen. I can't comment if this vet is the same with all dogs but what I do know is that for absolutely no reason he has a fear of mine, and that is the last thing I want when my dog is ill or in pain. My dog and any dog needs a vet who is calm and does not show fear, I saw it in him the first time and the second time was worse, I feel this vet would not examine my dog thoroughly because of this fear, so for that reason we will not see him again.
