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Summary: Handling a dog or puppy during visits to the veterinarian- learn how to keep your dog or puppy calm in this free video on dog health care and ownership.
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Sarah Tingle Sarah Tingle is a resident exotic animal health technician specializing in dog health care. She has been working as a technician for 7 years now, and began wo... read more
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Questions & AnswersHi! My name is Sarah and my name is Haylie and we’re two of the technicians here at Extra Care Animal Hospital and on behalf of expertvillage.com we’re going to speak with you today a little bit about the care of your dog. Okay so what I’m going to talk about right now is basically the safety of waiting in a waiting room and how to carefully transport your dog. As you can see here Tracy is holding Black, he has a collar on his neck and a leash attached to him. There are several different ways you can transport a dog and a leash and collar is one of them, probably the most common one. Or as you can see next to Tracy we actually have what’s commonly known as a cat carrier but it can also carry small dogs as well. The number one reason why you want to keep your dog restrained in an animal hospital is because the fear of aggressive dogs or they’re scaring little children or even cats that may be waiting in the waiting room. So basically the way Tracy has her little dog right now is he can’t escape and get out this door that’s over here, he can’t go back to treatment, he can’t go to any of the exam rooms and cause any disruptions. So he’s being nice and calm, if he escapes Tracy can grab the leash and there would be no worries there. Or one of the easier ways would be in a cat carrier that way they’re safe in the vehicle, motor vehicle and then once again they’ll be restrained once they hit the waiting room. I know there are a lot of dogs that do like to play with other dogs but right now we don’t recommend that when they’re in an animal hospital because they’re nervous, there can be some fear aggression. They may not be friendly dogs, so if you really, really, really want your dog to play with another one, get the owner permission and do it once you leave the facility because at an animal hospital it’s not really the correct place to do it. If you’re interested in getting more information about our animal hospital you can visit our website at www.extracareanimalhospital.net.
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