Friday was ‘vet’ day. Not our favourite outing anymore.
When we first brought Tess home we booked an introductory visit to our local vets. Our breeder had already had a vet check and gave us a signed declaration of Tess’s fitness but it was nice to meet our vet and introduce him to our new addition. Thankfully both loved each other. Everyone adores a puppy so a huge fuss was made of her with lots of cuddles and treats and she lapped it up, they don’t see many Welsh Springer Spaniels at this practice. First hurdle over!
Puppies do have a certain immunity from their mothers in the early weeks so we took Tess back to the vets for her first inoculation at about 9 weeks, then the follow up at 12 weeks. We still had a happy puppy at this stage. We had a couple more trips over the next few months. Once when we were worried about her weepy eyes (new owners tend to over react I guess!), then again when she swallowed a large piece of balloon, which terrified me. Puppies will put anything and everything in their mouths so you must be vigilant. I panicked and rushed straight round to the vets who promptly gave her an injection which brought the offending article up quicker than it went down!!!!! Panic over! While Tess was being sick in one surgery a very naughty English Springer was doing the same next door after eating something very poisonous from the owners shed. The delights of life with a dog!
Quite when Tess decided she’d had enough of visiting the vet I’m not sure but suddenly she’d run in excitedly, realise where she was and head straight for the door. Quite comical to see! Maybe she remembered being left there all day when she was spayed at 6 months (Yes, before her first season but as advised by the vet!) or perhaps there’s a smell that dogs associate with negative feelings – a bit like us going to the dentist! Whatever it is we’ll never know but she suddenly decided she wasn’t going there without a fight in the future. So last Friday was a challenge. She didn’t even want to leave the safety of the car! Thank goodness we were first in. Sadly our lovely vet was away so a locum administered her annual booster (while shaking and cuddling up to me) and gave her a check over. All was fine and we left as quickly as we had arrived and went straight for a long walk to take her mind off her ‘ordeal’.Till the next time…………..
When we first brought Tess home we booked an introductory visit to our local vets. Our breeder had already had a vet check and gave us a signed declaration of Tess’s fitness but it was nice to meet our vet and introduce him to our new addition. Thankfully both loved each other. Everyone adores a puppy so a huge fuss was made of her with lots of cuddles and treats and she lapped it up, they don’t see many Welsh Springer Spaniels at this practice. First hurdle over!
Puppies do have a certain immunity from their mothers in the early weeks so we took Tess back to the vets for her first inoculation at about 9 weeks, then the follow up at 12 weeks. We still had a happy puppy at this stage. We had a couple more trips over the next few months. Once when we were worried about her weepy eyes (new owners tend to over react I guess!), then again when she swallowed a large piece of balloon, which terrified me. Puppies will put anything and everything in their mouths so you must be vigilant. I panicked and rushed straight round to the vets who promptly gave her an injection which brought the offending article up quicker than it went down!!!!! Panic over! While Tess was being sick in one surgery a very naughty English Springer was doing the same next door after eating something very poisonous from the owners shed. The delights of life with a dog!
Quite when Tess decided she’d had enough of visiting the vet I’m not sure but suddenly she’d run in excitedly, realise where she was and head straight for the door. Quite comical to see! Maybe she remembered being left there all day when she was spayed at 6 months (Yes, before her first season but as advised by the vet!) or perhaps there’s a smell that dogs associate with negative feelings – a bit like us going to the dentist! Whatever it is we’ll never know but she suddenly decided she wasn’t going there without a fight in the future. So last Friday was a challenge. She didn’t even want to leave the safety of the car! Thank goodness we were first in. Sadly our lovely vet was away so a locum administered her annual booster (while shaking and cuddling up to me) and gave her a check over. All was fine and we left as quickly as we had arrived and went straight for a long walk to take her mind off her ‘ordeal’.Till the next time…………..
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