What's the worst thing your dog has ever done at the vets?

[BWa]

Mine are fine with the vets. They both well restrained in the waiting room but that is because they are both untrustworthy with new dogs. My JRTs reaction to having his anal glands emptied took me by suprise but I had him clamped under my arm and obviously his teeth were the furthest away from the vet. But in hindsight I might do the same if someone had their fingers up my....

 

[moppett]

My beagle hid under the chairs in the waiting room and refused to come out....the vet nurse team ended up lifting the chairs so we could make our appt

mine did this at our first group session at dog training! so embarrassing!!

R once took several bites out of a decorative succulent plant thing without me noticing then yacked up a chewed green lump of it on the floor.

SO funny! I would have laughed so much!

The worst mine do is shake like jellies or pretend to do rigid 'dead dog' except once one of them did the longest wee in the middle of the waiting room which trickled its way under the big food display stand! i felt so guilty but the vet assistant was lovely!

 

[risky business]

My staffie ty (bless him he's not with us now).

Used to without fail wee up the front desk to claim the vets as 'his' it was so embarrassing the first time he done it.. Just causally cocked his leg up like he was outside!

The next time I went in I didn't take him near the desk but he just weed up something else instead
Naughty boy!

 

[paisley]

Weed on the large stack of shopping baskets near the food/toys at the vets.

Obviously the baskets were plastic open mesh affairs, so the wee dripped through all of them, right to the bottom one, so they all had to be individually wiped clean.

I was mortified, but I also like to think it was his revenge at being sent home with a pink Cone of Shame after being castrated

 

[debsandpets]

Thankfully nothing.

All our vets argue over who is going to treat any of our dogs. We had one appt when we had a b1tch needing her c-section stitches out ..... She lay on the waiting room floor while they were removed there and then. The same dog last year had a huge abcess on her shoulder which the vet at first thought could be a major cancerous lump as it hadn't revealed itself as an abcess by the appt. told us to prepare for the worst etc. came home bathed it umpteen times a day etc and the ****** burst very well ......... Went back and the vet was almost in tears saying how amazing she was to have let us deal with it without bother etc. and then proceeded to allow him to poke and prod the offending wound without a care in the world.
Barney our oldest springer (of 4 ESS) broke one of his canine teeth. Took him to the vet as he also lacerated his cheek with the remaining sharp lump ......... The vet took a rabbit tooth file (electric one) to him with me just telling him to sit and stay - he just kept peering at me as if to say WTF is going on - it tickles ................
I loves my spaniels they are so good

 

[Ahrena]

My mum managed to trap her lurcher's tail in the door once. It was bleeding like mad and the dog was so delighted to be at the vets she was wagging it like mad and spraying blood all over the waiting room.

 

[Copperpot]

My vets has a sort of wooden ride on sheep thing for kids covered in real wool. My old dog grabbed it whilst I was booking in and started ripping the wool off. It still has a chunk missing years later.

The usual terrier thing of screaming when they realise there is a cat/rabbit in the room with them and they can't get to it.

 

[Janah]

One of my labs, who adores all humans, growls at the vet, very mortifying, I take a muzzle with me. I always tell him she is lovely and friendly with everybody else, not sure he believes me. She was apparently moody (according to vet nurse) coming out of aneasthetic (sp) after spaying. I think she was being polite.

 

[TelH]

My little jrt cross has a warning sign written in big red letters on his file saying 'approach with extreme caution'

He is a rescue, he had a very traumatic start in life and has fear aggression. You pretty much never see signs of aggression in him now apart from in the vets when he panics and loses the plot completely He throws himself about and launches himself at anything and anyone (including me ), he's lost control of his bladder and bowels on the vet/nurse/me more than once We've tried sedating him before he goes but he gets so fired up on adrenalin that it doesn't work. He lets me put a muzzle on him now, which he wouldn't do when I first got him, so I muzzle him and then the vet injects him with a stronger sedative and when it kicks in the vet does whatever needs to be done as quick as he can

 

[2Greys]

My dog peed up the fire extinguisher next to the reception desk while we were at the vets for blood donation session. Felt very embarrassed & lady wouldn't let me mop up after him either. At vets he's normally ok, but a sod at shows as will pee up tables, gazebos & water bowls and occassional people ( usually me) if in the way so has to be watched like a hawk.
The girls have been good at the vets but I'm another that gets stressed in the tiny waiting room if a cat/rabbit come in as both have high prey drive. Once I was in the vets a mother & child came in and the girl was holding a kitten.