my Dupree is a Olde,so sorry you had to go thru that very unpleasant experience..I brought my litte 6 lb foster girl in to the vet yesterday, shes a yorkie/pom mix, they had to muzzle her as well,it was the smallest muzzle I ever saw.LOL

much bully love~Christine, Dupree, Marley and Savannah

Actually it was not the vet, it was his teenage daughter. I was going to board Sadie and they said she needed the bordatello vaccine, which is the nose thing. The girl came in, took one look at Sadie, and said she would have to muzzle her. I said Sadie was very cooperative and had never needed one. The girl took a step toward Sadie and Sadie kind of balked. It was all the girl and her attitude. So the girl demanded Sadie be muzzled. She was quite rough with my poor girl who always hated the vet after that. I complained and we changed vets, but Sadie was always very distrustful of any vet after that.

That was a long time ago, and I was a lot younger and I naively thought all vets knew best. Now I know that is not always the case and I will step in if they want to do something that is not in the best interest of my dog.

Sorry that happened to you. I would probably change vets if they treated my dog like that.

Janice

We NEVER flip a dog to do nail trims, we do them like you would do horse hooves, on all fours and pick up one foot at a time with LOTS of treats and yummies. If a dog resists, we don't do them. I would complain about that vet and your treatment to the Office Manager or Medical Director.

'WHEN PIGS FLY' and watch Caesar Milan! such a jerk, I am sure he's screwed Dukes chance of liking the vet for life.

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Andrea, Ruby, Lola and Jigger
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nothing to lose. You desensitize the dog to dremel trimming by taking it very slow- baby steps. It may take a few weeks to get him desensitized, but wouldn't it be worth it to avoid what you went through? He may not be as reactive to the dremel since it is different than the clippers.

Or if you don't want to take the time to do that, if you can get one nail done at a time without a fight, that works too. No reason to clip them all at once.

I would sedate him before I would allow anyone to use force like that again.

Here is the doberdawn link.

http://homepages.udayton.edu/~merensjp/doberdawn/dremel/dremel.html


I don't rescue animals because I want to feel better about myself, or morally superior to anyone. The best part of my life with animals is the humility they teach and the humanity the foster.
Jon Katz "Soul of a Dog"

my babies, I'll call ahead and make sure that ours is there or otherwise we won't go. I have tried to clip them myself and got two done before he started to growl, I'll just have to keep working on it from here. Our old house had a patio and he keep them pretty ground down, now we are just grass.
I'll have to hold treats in my hand and lead him in the next time we go or this boy is going to put the brakes on big time. To bad because he loves going anywhere in the car.

the vets office do my nails...their to over agressive they act like their ready for war...i would find a groomer who is comfortable and not in a rush...
so sad your boy had such a hard time...becasue it just makes it worse every time you have them done...

my bully Wesley was the same way, I had to muzzle him and then started going very slowly with lots of chicken breasts and praise, maybe even one foot at a time. I use the dremel and he is god now. Still doesn't like it but for CHIKIN!!! anything!!! And we've worked up to no muzzle.

I would never, ever return to the one you just went to. What an absolute travesty....now your Duke will associate not only nail trims as a bad thing, but the very trip to that vet will be a bad association. What an absolute idiot that guy was. Huh.

Pets and hugs to Duke. Poor guy.

Amy and Sophia

for both you and Duke! I guess they didn't realize how sweet a bulldog can be when they are treated with respect and gentleness. Hope you and Duke are feeling better today.

I bought the pedi paws..not the best dremel in the planet and for sure not the quality that my vet has for the dremel of the nails.
I have seen a couple of threads on here on dremels. the next one I get will be a plug type of one in the wall if I can find it. the batteries die too fast in the other types for me.

a good groomer and then the video
sounds like an awesome plan

how to treat a fearful dog. SO sorry you went through this.

that uses the Dremmel and be there with him when they use it. I'd like to see how it really is done and then try it along with the instructions from the video. Yeah the vet was a jerk and we won't be seeing him again. My sister swears he's great with her cats. Maybe just not a dog person, go figure being a vet.

when I was a student in the VetTech program, a male doc responded to a growling Chow by quickly forcing the dog to the ground and grabbing his neck/head so fiercly that the dog peed in submission and his tongue literally turned blue before the guy let the dog up again. Of course the dog would then let me bathe him but I was very wary of the whole situation! The owner never knew and I always wondered if the dog behaved like that before or afterward?!!! Hard to tell what imprints on an animal.

Have you tried dremmeling his nails?
I would growl too if someone tried to clip my nails... if they've ever hit the quick imagine how upsetting that would be. I wouldn't trust anyone to do it again.

I am so sorry that vet was such a jerk.
Try and find a groomer that dremmels and is comfortable with the breed and will listen TO YOU, about the best way to approach YOUR DOG...

sorry it pisses me off that vets can be so arrogant sometimes.

best of luck

Tiffany and Stella