Posts Tagged ‘Vet’
I have a puppy I got when he was about 10 weeks old. I have 3 issues with him that I need addressed. Please help of you’re a dog expert.
#1- My dog barks incessantly in any situation where he’s not getting
his way…(he wants people food you’re eating, he wants off a leash
to play with other dogs, he wants out of his crate, etc.) And I
hear the same thing from every self-proclaimed “dog expert” I’ve
asked about it; “barking is a learned behavior for dogs, and make
sure you’re not reenforcing it by rewarding his barking”. The only
problem with that, is he’s barked like crazy since the day I got him
at 10 weeks old, and 2ndly, I GO OUT OF MY WAY to NOT reward
the behavior by giving him his way, paying extra attention to him
when he does it, etc….any second opinions?
#2- My dog’s breed is a Blue Lacy…for those unfamiliar with the breed,
Blue Lacy’s males are suppose to get between about 45 and 55
pounds. Well, he’s almost 4 months, and he’s already 33 pounds,
and my vet is laughing at the notion a puppy that size will only get
to 55 pounds. What is a general ratio or means of determining how
big your puppy will end up based on age vs. weight?
#3- My dog got a rabies vaccine, and a few days after, I noticed he
has a circular rasied bump about the size of a quarter underneath
his fur at the site of the injection. My vet says it’s a fairly common
reaction, and is likely to go down in a matter of a few weeks to a
few months, but I sure would feel better if someone ELSE could
confirm that is true.
I’ve been to 3 different vets in the past year and while they have always been nice they just don’t seem to know how to communicate with dogs? and they don’t know why they do things? for example my last vet asked my dog to sit. Well she didn’t just ask… she said in a high pitched “HEY PUPPY SIT SIT SIT ? SHAKE STAY HEEL? hEHEHEHE still learning” Umm…. yeaah.. so I asked my puppy to sit once and she did. I wanted to burst out laughing at the vet because it was ridiculous LOL. And the other vet I went to a few months ago barely looked or talked to my dog at all and misdiagnosed her etc. it was a terrible visit. Bad vets I guess??