This is a reminder that we need a current physical on your animals to be able to prescribe meds for fireworks. So please don’t wait until July 3rd to call us and then get mad when we have no appointments available. We legally cannot prescribe medications for an animal without an up to date physical exam. No, we cannot make exceptions. So if you have an animal that needs meds for fireworks, call your vet first thing Monday morning and get on the schedule. If you’re lucky you can still get in on time.
For people who work with dogs: what are your favorite and least favorite breeds to work with?
My least favorite is definitely miniature pinschers and I'd say my favorites are Dobermans and border collies
Least favourite are probably German shepherds or sharpeis. Favourites are basically any mastiff breed
Least favorites: Sharpeis, basset hounds, bulldogs, pugs.
Favorite: "deer dogs" (a popular blend of foxhound, coonhound, large beagle, and whatever else the breeder thought would run deer well), beagles, huskies, German shepherds, jack russells, poodles... Honestly, I just love most dogs 😁
Favorite: funky little mixes like a Brussels/Pug mix who I affectionately call “my little potato” or an unexpectedly sweet Shiba/Sharpei mix; calm doodles that crawl up into your lap; Goldens; beagles; whippets and greyhounds; Boxers; chill small shepherd mixes, big goofy Pits … pretty much any dog with a gentle or just overwhelmingly happy demeanor.
Least favorite: Rottweilers, Shiba Inus, Sharpeis, Chow Chows, Cane Corsos, English Bulldogs, Huskies, smelly and oozy aged Pugs, anything super drooly, anything that Won’t Stop Bouncing or mouthing, anything aggressive and fearful to strangers to a point you can’t even touch them. I’m worried about how the pandemic dogs are going to turn out for sure, behavior-wise.
“The young doctor should look about early for an avocation, a pastime, that will take him/her away from patients, pills, and potions…No one is really happy or safe without one.”
— William Osler M.D., The Medical Library in Post-graduate Work (1909).
(via mednerds)
Take heed. Sometimes history repeats and sometimes the people who came before us know what the hell they’re talking about. Never let medicine be the only thing that you are or do.
O_O that is the largest sheep I have ever seen.
I always forget that most people's experience with sheep are little woolly baa lambs, not huge rams that could take on a car if properly motivated.
my experience isn't so much with little woolly baa lambs it's with the smaller breeds common in South America and West Africa, and by comparison this is a very large sheep.
This is so cool, and I am in awe of anyone who can sit a sheep since my one attempt in vet school was just such a fail 😂
Fight me horse people
Choke. Rain Rot. Valley Fever. Lockjaw. Sleeping Sickness. Black Leg. Red Water. Blue Tongue. Lavender Foal. Fatal White. Dummy Foal.
... if it’s not a ridiculously long acronym, it’s something that makes you feel like a Shakespearean witch.
Hardware disease. Spider lambs. FETAL MONSTERS
m-n-q-n asked:
So, we're taking our 10 week old puppy to training (shes 1/4 lab, 1/4 bullmastiff, 1/2 unknown father), and our trainer got VERY upset with me that i asked about muzzle training her. I don't entirety get why- is that something I should do anyways? She said that dogs bite once a muzzle comes off, and that it leads to misplaced aggression.
Issue is, she's 1/4 MASTIFF. Aka, yanno, guardian breed. So if she bites a vet or groomer when she's freaked out, chances are she's gonna seriously injure them. Trainer says a properly trained dog won't need to be muzzle trained. Unsure what you guys think?
ask-a-vetblr answered:
Vet-and-wild here.
I’m getting angry just reading that. Muzzling doesn’t cause aggression and even the best trained dogs can bite when hurt or scared. I’m a proponent of muzzle training EVERY dog, because you never know what will happen. Like anything new and scary, muzzles should be introduced gradually and positively. Many dogs learn to love putting their faces in muzzles because they end up getting cheese or peanut butter. It would make our jobs so much easier if every dog was muzzle trained. When a dog is already stressed it can be really hard to get a muzzle on AND many of them will learn how to swing their heads to avoid it. Muzzling a dog doesn’t make them bad, and it doesn’t make you a bad trainer.
Veterinarian, agreeing that muzzles are such an important safety tool! We have to do some really obnoxious things to dogs sometimes — poking them, nail trims, anal glands, touching painful areas but we don’t yet know they’re painful — and muzzles can keep us safe while also keeping your dog from having a bite record. For dogs who are genuinely fear aggressive, not being able to muzzle them can mean we can’t see them and can’t provide medical care. It’s a great idea to train any dog to be comfortable with a muzzle, and an absolute necessity to train any dog with fearful or aggressive tendencies to be comfortable with one to prevent serious injury.
Please check out the Muzzle Up! Project for some wonderful information on how to safely and comfortably train your dog!
why are star wars planets more boring than earth and our solar system like sure we’ve seen desert, snow, diff types of forest, beach, lava, rain, but like…
rainbow mountains (peru)
red soil (canada/PEI)
rings (saturn’s if they were on earth)
bioluminescent waves
northern lights (canada)
salt flats (bolivia, where they filmed crait but did NOTHING COOL WITH IT except red dust?? like??? come ON)
and cool fauna like the touch me not or like, you know, the venus flytrap.. and don’t get me started on BUGS like… we have bugs cooler than sw aliens
BASICALLY like???? come on star wars you had one (1) job where are the cool alien species
I KNOW!! I did a report on filming locations in Star Wars last year and just made a list of places that looked so surreal they could make a convincing other planet. You covered some on my list but if I could just add a couple more:
Tsingy di Bemaraha, Madagascar
Zhangye Danxia, China (similar to the Rainbow Mountains in terms of appearance)
Chocolate Hills, Philippines
Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland
So many missed opportunities with cool ass things on Earth, Lucasfilms smh…
Earth is effing amazing!
Quebrada de Humahuaca, Argentina
Lake Retba, Senegal
Tepui, Venezuela
Tianzi Mountains, China
these would make amazing Star Wars planets OR fantasy material:
Tsingy du Bemaraha, Madagascar again (but a different part)
(those are razor-sharp, if you were wondering. very little of this area has been explored because YIKES)
Lake Natron, Tanzania
(looks cool, but is alkaline enough to Kill Your Shit)
Lake Baikal, Russia
(the deepest lake in the world, seriously)
and I’ll wrap it up with Son Doong Cave, Vietnam, the largest cave in the entire world.
it puts anything Dagobah has to offer to absolute shame:
(seriously, the largest chamber is 660 feet high. you could jam a fucking skyscraper in there and still lose it)
anyway I really like caves thanks for coming to my ted talk
If I’m ever gonna make a movie with cool weird alien features I’m first gonna ask the internet for weird, wonderful places on earth to look at for inspiration.
I’d like to contribute!
Namib-Naukluft Park in Namibia
Cave of Crystals, Mexico
Socotra Island, Yemen
Crooked Forest, Poland (look at their funky little trunks they look like they’re doing the Michael Jackson lean)
Calling all vetblrs and those in the veterinary community!
I’ve been on my first rotation (placement) since COVID and the team are awesome and I want to treat them when I leave next week, but I’m not sure what to get them? Here are my considerations:
- Got a card sorted already
- Some team members are on a diet so I was thinking grapes cause everyone loves grapes?
- I can’t bake anything as I don’t have the facilities where I’m staying
- I’m a student so can’t spend tons of money
- I’m in the uk
- Roughly 6 vets on each day and 8 vet nurses, but would like a little extra for those not working on my last day/on call over the weekend
What do you guys think I should get/what would you love to get?
Tagging some guys 💛
@avoidingclaws-mostly @drferox @vet-and-wild @vetmedirl @veterinaryrambles @ask-a-vetblr @sueanoi-the-vet @iheartvmt @talesfromtreatment
Fruit in general is always great! Everyone always goes for cake (which is also fab) but there’s something sooooo good about a load of fresh fruit. Just like a variety of fruit!
I hope your placement went well! I remember those days :’)
I second the fresh fruit! :)
LOL I’m the only one who doesn’t like fruit ;) I do love chocolate or bagels. But I would say the things that touch me most are the cards, especially if they are specific about what helped you and what you learned. I literally squirrel away every card from a client or student I’ve ever received and look at them when I’m down. If your card includes a photo of yourself with an animal that can be pretty cool because I for one am terrible at remembering faces. 😅 it does sound like you were working with a big team so I wouldn’t worry about addressing every single person, though if there was a tech or doctor who you worked closely with and really helped you, you could consider writing more than one card.
Congratulations on moving forward!
Fake Service Dogs?
You’re sitting at a cafe with your friend when suddenly a woman walks in with a toy poodle in her purse. The manager at the counter informs her “I’m sorry, but we do not allow dogs”. She replies with a heavy sigh and a “She’s a service dog. She can come with me”. Not knowing much about service dog law, and worrying about getting sued for asking further questions, he sits this woman down at a booth. There, she promptly unzips her purse and places the dog on the booth seat next to her. When the woman’s food comes out, the little dog begs and she feeds her bits off her plate. This dog is not public access trained, and proceeds to bark at those who walk by. This dog is a nuisance and causes many in the restaurant to complain. The manager cannot do anything but inform the unhappy customers that this is a service dog, so he can’t ask her to leave. In the end, it’s the customers who end up leaving.
Now I walk in with my highly trained service dog pressed against my leg in a perfect heel position, and I’m quickly bombarded by the manager telling me “No dogs! No dogs! We ALL know what happened last time”. Confused, I tell him “This is my medical alert and medical response service dog. Her right to accompany me is protected under federal law.” With a sigh, he seats me at a table far away from others where my dog promptly tucks under my feet, out of sight. When my food arrives my dog is still tucked tightly under the table because she knows she’s not supposed to eat when she’s on duty. She stays there ignoring those who walk past for the remainder of my meal. When we leave, a woman by the door exclaims “Woah, I didn’t know there was a dog here!”
See the difference?
Scenario number two occurs at a local grocery store when a man decides to bring his certified emotional support animal into the store with him. Upon entering he flashes a fancy ID card and certification papers. This dog is not as unruly as the first, but he still forges ahead of his handler, sniffs the food on display, and may seek attention from those who walk past. You find this dog adorable, and when he and his owner walk past you ask to pet him. The owner says yes and explains how all he had to do was go online, register his dog, and a few weeks later they sent him a vest, ID card, and certification papers.
Now I pull into the same grocery store. I’m in a rush to get an ingredient for a dish I’m making so I hurry into the store with my service dog next to me. I’m quickly stopped by a manager who demands to see my service dog’s certification card. Remember, this is NOT required by law, and most real service dog teams don’t have them. After 15 minutes of trying to educate, pulling up the ADA website on my phone, back and forth bickering, and drawing more of a crowd than I want to describe… I’m finally allowed in. I grab my ingredient, stand in line (where my service dog obediently moves between my legs to make space for those around me), and I get bombarded by people asking to pet my dog. I explain that she’s working, she has a very important job to do, and she’s not allowed to be pet while on duty. People walk away grumbling and complaining about how rude I was when other handlers like the man they met earlier allow their dog to be pet.
Moral of the story? Fake service dogs create real problems. The ones who are impacted the most are the true service dog handlers who rely on their dogs every day to help mitigate their disability. How would you feel if everywhere you went, you couldn’t make it 10 feet in the door because people were asking you questions? Imagine how much time that would take out of your already hectic day. Businesses lose customers because word gets out that there are unruly dogs in their store, customers become misinformed and start thinking some of these behaviors are okay, some people even start to believe the lies that anyone can just register their dog online and make him a service dog. The result? MORE fake service dogs. MORE real problems.
I will reblob this until I die because it’s one of the few things that constantly genuinely infuriates me
Left photo: trachea of a “normal” dog
Right photo: trachea of a brachycephalic dog
Sad, isn’t it?
Please think about this before you buy one of those “cute”, trendy breeds like pugs or Boston terriers or french bulldogs. Those grunting, wheezing sounds you hear them make sometimes? - it means they can’t get enough air and are struggling to breathe.
As a follow up to the last post (didn’t want to hijack from disabled people making a critical point):
In veterinary medicine, where we do have to touch service dogs for the dog’s health, I simply ask the owner how they want me to proceed and handle their dog. Some are fine with being separated temporarily and telling the dog it can relax. Others stay with the dog the whole time and keep them in working mode for some or most of the appointment. I never touch the dog until the owner has given me explicit permission and I don’t coo over the dog or give it a treat unless the owner has told the dog it can relax.
Service dogs are incredibly important for their handlers, and insisting on getting to pet the dog, talk to the person about their dog as it’s working, or trying to talk to the dog is ableist at best, critically and dangerously distracting at worst. If you see a service dog working, LEAVE IT ALONE and don’t harangue its handler about “he’s so cute” or “wow she’s so smart!” It’s not. For. You.
For that matter, “emotional support animals” that have been deemed to be that way just so they can fit on an airplane — and have undergone no training whatsoever — are an insult to real working dogs, and have made it harder for them. I’ve seen a service dog getting lunged at by dogs people insisted on bringing inside to restaurants, and that situation’s danger is only magnified on a plane. There definitely are many animals that do emotionally help their owners, absolutely — but if they are going to be in cramped public spaces they MUST be trained, instead of the trembling, growling, or hyper dogs I so often see people try to claim as ESAs.
If the dog is at the vet(unless its justbq checkup.) it shoulsnt be working at that moment , should it?!?i dony know.
The handler is still there with them and may still need assistance getting into the vet clinic, having tasks performed or having the dog help them remain calm in public. Just because the dog is at the vet doesn’t mean the owner stops being blind, stops having blood sugar issues or suddenly no longer has PTSD. The service dogs I’ve worked with are working until it’s time for me to physically lay hands on them (about 1-2 minutes of exam time if there are no problems to address) or time for the technicians to perform something for the dog (ie a blood test or vaccines, which may take another 5 minutes or so). But as soon as we are done needing to physically touch them, the dogs go back to work for their handlers.
Veterinary staff are a beautiful mixture of factual-thinking and intense superstition.
Don’t ever remark on how smoothly the anaesthetic’s going, don’t ever assume the “just a booster” appointment will take 10 minutes, and for the love of God don’t even think about saying the Q-word.
“Stop scrolling and please help me spread the word, because if I’ve landed on your page you’re most likely either a black woman or someone who cares about black women and the simple phrase I’m about to share could help save a black woman’s life.
Doctors are to black women what police officers are to black men. That may seem controversial but I believe it to be true and I speak from personal experience.
If you’ve seen this TikTok you know that a 2016 study showed that 50% of medical students and residents thought that black people couldn’t feel pain the same as white people.
And we learned from this video that because of a 1999 study, to this day, there’s a black correction factor for the creatinin levels in black people’s kidneys, meaning we’re less likely to recieve a kidney transplant if needed.
So if you go to a doctor, feel you aren’t getting proper treatment or they refuse the treatment you’ve requested, say to them the following:
I will need you to document on record that you are refusing the treatment (or medicine) I’ve requested, and the reason you are doing so.”
Me: “Hi, it’s Dr. Blank. What’s going on with Doofers?”
Owner: “He had surgery Wednesday and when we took the bandage off leg, the bone is showing!”
Me: “I see we neutered Doofers on Wednesday. Nothing was done with his leg other than a catheter. How long ago did you notice this?”
Owner: “Wednesday”
Me: “His bone has been exposed since Wednesday?”
Owner: “Yes”
Me: “I’m sorry, this sounds serious. Can you send a photo?”
Owner:
“His skin is gone”
Me: “Ok. So, his fur has been shaved for the IV catheter. But his skin is intact, is there a wound you can see?”
Owner: “You can see the bone right there. It wasn’t like this before the surgery.”
Me: “You can see the shape of his bone, yes, but his skin is still covering it. If you look at your own wrist see how you can see that bony bump? But it’s not exposed bone, it’s covered by skin.”
Owner: “His skin has been shaved off. His arm is skinny.”
Me: “His fur is shaved off. His skin is under the fur. It’s like when you get a hair cut.”
Owner: “But I can see the bone.”
Me: “Ok well let’s get him in for an appointment because that is serious. You can come right now.”
Owner: “I can’t come until Wednesday.”
Me: “We really need to see him, he could be very sick.”
Owner: “We can’t. I’ll call back.”
I’m crying because the STRUGGLE. IS. REAL
My ex coworker was exposed through Ross Dress for Less stores. She was told they would not pay for time missed, or medical compensation.
Managers dodged her calls and texts when she said she'd like to reach out to HR.
Her email to HR is still unread.
Jaz is a beautiful human who is now taking care of her entire infected family and recovering herself from COVID while unemployed and paying for her aunt's funeral costs.
Her Tia passed from contracting covid from Jaz. She hates this and wants everyone to stay as safe as humanly possible.
Please share and help if you can.