It shouldn't happen at a vets.

buddys_mum

Flicking through the tv guide i seen that this could make very interesting viewing.


It Shouldn't Happen at a Vets'

Thursday 22 July
9:00pm - 10:00pm
BBC1
Filming undercover in one of Britain's largest veterinary chains, Panorama reveals evidence of questionable bills, animals poorly treated, and an unrepentant vet struck off for dishonesty. Pet owners who take best practice on trust are in for a shock

Mupette

hmmm not sure i can watch that, i'd get angry and shout at the tv

chris_n_tj

I am so glad we have a great Vet, I know we are very lucky.
He is a small practice and is on hand 24/7, he puts the animal first everytime.
A couple of years ago the part of Doncaster I live in was hit by the floods, our Vet took in all the animals he could and kept them safe. He needs a medal, as does his staff.
So three cheers for one of the best and most caring Vet I have ever had the pleasure to know.
Chris n tJ x

PS has anyone been watching the Bionic Vet? wow what a bloke, he also needs a medal.

meerkat2007

chris_n_tj wrote: »

PS has anyone been watching the Bionic Vet? wow what a bloke, he also needs a medal.

Yes, and I've cried my way through every show so far. How's that for daft?

Enchantica

Unfortunately vet practices can be awful behind closed doors. I used to be a vet nurse trainee and did placement in three vet practices before my allergies got the better of me. I saw very poor treatment of animals. Dogs lying around the floor with people tripping over them as they came out of anaesthetic, no blankets for dogs after operations so they were lying on a wooden floor and I saw one vet nurse hit a blind dog because it growled at her. However, I dealt with the blind dog too and he growled at me as well but I was just gentle with him and let him gain my trust like a normal person would It's horrible what goes on.

walwin

Enchantica wrote: »

Unfortunately vet practices can be awful behind closed doors. I used to be a vet nurse trainee and did placement in three vet practices before my allergies got the better of me. I saw very poor treatment of animals. Dogs lying around the floor with people tripping over them as they came out of anaesthetic, no blankets for dogs after operations so they were lying on a wooden floor and I saw one vet nurse hit a blind dog because it growled at her. However, I dealt with the blind dog too and he growled at me as well but I was just gentle with him and let him gain my trust like a normal person would It's horrible what goes on.

Surely you didn't just keep quiet about it all, did you?

Silveralice

There can be good reasons for having a dog partly recover from an anaesthetic on the floor (on a blanket) rather than in a kennel - stops a big bony dog thrashing against the walls of the kennel as it wakes up and hurting itself, and can be very important for watching patients breathing in the middle stages of recovery, when they aren't connected to an anaesthetic machine any more but you still want to keep an eye on every breath rather than have them in a kennel where they might not be monitored so closely. Obviously staff shouldn't be tripping over them, but I don't see what's wrong about leaving a dog on a blanket on the floor for a short time, under supervision. At least it can't fall off and hurt itself!

buddys_mum

Silveralice wrote: »

There can be good reasons for having a dog partly recover from an anaesthetic on the floor (on a blanket) rather than in a kennel - stops a big bony dog thrashing against the walls of the kennel as it wakes up and hurting itself, and can be very important for watching patients breathing in the middle stages of recovery, when they aren't connected to an anaesthetic machine any more but you still want to keep an eye on every breath rather than have them in a kennel where they might not be monitored so closely. Obviously staff shouldn't be tripping over them, but I don't see what's wrong about leaving a dog on a blanket on the floor for a short time, under supervision. At least it can't fall off and hurt itself!

Do you work in a vets?

foreign_correspondent

To be honest, I trust my vet - but then she has been pracicing from the same place for many years, and is a horse vet with a good reputation - I figure if people trust her with expensive animals like horses it is because she does a good job. She also has her own elderly dogs pottering around the place, and I can see from how they are cared for, and what their relatinship with her is like, that she is a genuine dog lover.

My dog also adores going there, even though she has stayed in for several days before - she would let me know if she wasnt happy there, but she pulls like mad to get in and wags at the vets and nurses!!

I havent seen the documentary, but I see it is about a chain of vets - I expect, as in many businesses, that small practices owned and run by the same practitioners for years have more of a vested interest in developing a good reputation than a practice run by employees who have no long term investment in the business and who may well move on after a year or two.

Does anyone know what chain it is?

paddypaws101

I am SO lucky that my current vet opened his practice 3 doors down from my house. He owns the practice and has built a lovely surgery with his own operating rooms, air con etc in the hospital part and in the cage areas. He is understandably proud and loves to show people round. He only hints at the standards of other practices that he has seen over the years.....
Look, vets are not saints any more than the rest of us and I am sure that overall the vaste majority are kind, proficient and caring.
I don't know of I want to watch that program.....

Badger_Lady

walwin wrote: »

Surely you didn't just keep quiet about it all, did you?

I've witnessed similar things at human nursing homes. Sometimes a practice is so commonplace (however disgusting) that your powers as an unqualified healthcare assistant are non-existant.