| | Today was Embody the Stereotype day! All the pitbulls were truly vicious, as well as the rotties. All the collies were ditzy, and the cats all had short fuses. Here are the highlights.
I nearly got bitten in the face by a German Shepherd. The dog's head was being held by the owner so I went to encourage her to stand so we could temp her and she freaked out at me, snarling 2 inches from my face. The owner was pale and apologized. Apparently he had never seen the dog behave this way. The owner tried to muzzle the dog and the dog growled at him too - which is rare. In the end, the owner was too scared, so we sent them home with some happy pills to give before they come next time. All this for some damn vaccines.
Then they had to knock down and neuter a vicious pitbull this morning 4 hours ahead of schedule because NO ONE can even touch it, let alone check and examine it. The pitbull was brought in by a completely trashed woman who obviously ignored our orders to not feed the dog that morning, because the dog began to vomit the minute he was unconscious, which is really dangerous even with the tube keeping the airway clear. The dog vomited before and after the surgery and it turns out a fair amount of it got into the tube (which is a risk because the tubes don't fit the dogs' throats exactly) which means the dog almost certainly aspirated it into his lungs. Now they are worried about aspiration pnemonia. They gave antibiotics, but its still a huge risk now.
There was a rottie who was pregnant and tried to bite anyone who touched her. In the end, complete sedation and 3 assistants were needed just to determine that the dog wasn't pregnant at all, but she does have something very wrong in her abdomen.
Then there was a cat who was fine for awhile then went PSYCHO and would try to kill you. Throughout the afternoon she scratched 5 people, bit two more, and escaped from grasp 17 times.
What a day. |
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