Yesterday we took Buddy to the Vet to get checked out because he has a growth in his armpit. I wanted to make sure that it wasn't cancer or anything of that nature. Buddy HATES the Vet!!! He has this sixth sense about the Vets office; he thinks that the Vet has serious sadist issues. He has since he was a little pup...
I think that though vets are extremely knowledgeable about animal medicine, they are mostly stupid when it comes to dogs. My absolute favorite thing that they do is ask, "Is he a biter?" Well, um, No but then again I don't usually go around sticking things up his butt, giving him shots in the hips, taking his blood, or shooting liquids in his nostrils... So, today he might just be...
Turns out we were behind on some of our shots so the poor dog got one in his two hind hips and one of his front shoulders, he had to have some liquid squirted up his nose, a fecal exam, the usual temperature check (twice to the rear, he was not happy), and blood taken. Then they got to the growth; the vet wanted to take three samples from it by inserting a needle and taking out fluid. She took one sample and then decided that she could just remove the growth all together because it isn't very large and isn't attached to muscle or anything. The kicker is that in order to take this very minute growth they will have to put him under general anesthesia instead of just hitting it up with a local anesthetic. WTF??? I asked her why and she said that because it is a military vet they don't remove anything without putting him to sleep... I am peeved! I don't understand why they would take something so simple and turn it into a huge ordeal. Plus the chance of complications greatly increase with general anesthesia compared to just going local and quickly removing the growth... I'm seriously considering taking him to a German Vet to get this taken off.
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