Two Dogs – One Vet
I have two dogs, both behind on their vacinations, my fault as we have just had such a hectic life over the past year that finding time to get Roxy to the vet for her shots seemed impossible and then Roy came along and it was all I could do to get him to the vets to have his stitches out.
I know that sounds bad and if you want to know more about why things got as bad as they have, check our my personal blog at www.roxyandroy.com
Finally we had a tiny window of opportunity and feeling very guilty I phoned our local vet and booked the two of them in.
MOTH looked at me a bit strange when I pulled out the short training leads for the trip to the vets. Are you kidding, that place has C. A. T.S I want all the control I have over these two.
Roxy loves the vet and has never been any trouble but Roy – the newest addition to our household has never been to the vet, apart from a super brief one to have his stitches out, and is yet to start formal obedience training and I didn’t want him to be lunging around the vets office like a loon.
In total we had two dogs, 4 shots, heartworm and c5 each plus a blood test for Roxy because it had been too long between heart work injections for her.
Roy got a basic check up and was pronounced perfect, all very well for the vet but she doesn’t have to live with the little bugger. I did ask about his sneezing and now we think he has allergies. It doesn’t seem to bother him too much so we will keep any eye on it just for the moment.
Roxy was a darling for her blood test and also well behaved. She did make one jump for the door but was otherwise cooperative and we got brownie points from the vet for being so well behaved.
lesson 1: do not let your vaccinations become overdue
lesson 2: if you must take multiple dogs to the vets at once, make sure you have one person per dog to prevent catastrophes
lesson 3: good dog manners are appreciated by everyone and makes an otherwise arduous task much more enjoyable for all involved.
