I think it is the staff's experience and confidence level. Junior is perfect at the vet's office with all people and other dogs. I think he is to busy concentrating on getting through it and going home to be concerned with everyone around him.


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A dog or cat being afraid of coming out of a crate to have surgery has to be something the techs face on a daily basis. They will probably loop a lead over his head and lure him out. They may partially sedate him.

I think its fine for you to remind them of his problem and ask how they plan to deal with it.


I don't rescue animals because I want to feel better about myself, or morally superior to anyone. The best part of my life with animals is the humility they teach and the humanity the foster.
Jon Katz "Soul of a Dog"

had them keep his leash on so he would be easier to get out of the crate. He has a lot of issues with strangers too, but for some reason, he's really good at the vets office.

Kathy, Ollie and Chester

Whenever I used to work at an animal hospital, the staff always appreciated when owners would tell us if their dogs shut down or show cage aggression. The way we would handle it is either put them in a room or in a large boarding kennel.

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But good luck. Have you spoken with the vet's office about it? Maybe they've dealt with similar circumstances before...

Always in my heart...

draw blood even now.

I am lucky because my daughter is the tech at my clinic so the dogs are always excited to see her. Also, the whole staff just loves the bulldogs and everyone has to come see them and give them lots of lovin while we are there. Is there one person in particular that might be able to bond with him prior to the surgery? Maybe you could take him there a couple of times prior to the surgery so he can feel comfortable with that one person and not have such a bad experience.

The policy at my Bulldogvet is to be with your dog at all times. I hold him when he is sedated for a surgery, I hold him when he is having minor surgery with local aneastetic, and I'm there when he wakes up. Only during the actual surgery under total anaestetic, I'm out of the theater, but I can still look inside through the glass doors.

We are coming to this practice for almost 20 years and it really does work! There are technicians around, but they only assist in holding dogs if a owner can't do it, or has a wrong influence on the dog.

They have loads of experience with Bulldogs and they think it is the best way of handling Bulldogs and most dogs. It reduces stress to a minimum, for dog and for owners!

Ineke and Zorro

him some measure of security (not feeling abandoned quite so much) and if possible, to put him in the vet's office or some quiet room rather than a cage. Some dogs ARE sedated with a light dose of valium upon arrival, as I've said previously, when they are particularly nervous and the wait for surgery is more than an hour or so (as in dogs that are brought in AM before you go to work and surgery is performed at midday or later). They should be able to work with you on minimizing his stress.