Sedatives for vet visit

[Climbingthelaundrymountain]

Does anyone have any experience of this? Our dog is scared of the vet. He has always been anxious about handling but we've worked hard and can bath him, Clip his nails, check his teeth with no problem.

But he's still very scared of the vet. He has to be muzzled for vaccinations but otherwise he will let the vet feel his tummy, stroke him etc. the vet said that next time he can have some medication to make him feel more relaxed.

Did it work for your dog? What kind of reaction did you see?

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Some tablets the night before and one in the morning before the appointment. It really helps. No point in having a stressed dog you Cant examine

@Amicompletelyinsane is your dog much more relaxed? Is the vet able to do what they need with your dog when they've had the medication?

The vet today was brilliant and took a lot of time to speak with me and explained the meds. I'm grateful that it's going make things easier for the dog next time.

We did something similar to Amicompletelyinsane with our fear aggressive large breed many years ago. He was still muzzled for the appointments, but was a bit more sleepy and a lot more relaxed than usual, so the vet could examine him.

For surgical procedures he used to have a pill at home and then an injection when we arrived. We then stayed in a consultation room with him until he was properly woozy and he would stagger off with the nursing staff with no stress. They would then get us to collect him before it fully wore off.

Jabs she was ambushed from behind whilst 20 St dh wedged her in a corner!! Anything more she was fully sedated. Cost me an extra 50 quid!!
When she needed surgery for cancer sedated prior and we put her in the cage. And we had to be there for her waking up.

No we just muzzle and I hold him for jabs or do them myself (I am a qualified net vurse and ddog has diabetes so I inject him twice a day anyway!).

He's only 10kg though.

I wouldn't want to sedate for a general visit, you're still going to have to get medication into him somehow. Any chance of a home visit?

@nearlyspringyay ours was 4.8kg when the vet weighed him today 😂 so we can easily muzzle and hold him. I think the vet was recommending it so that he doesn't feel stressed.

The vet didn't do the kennel cough vaccine as it has to go up the nose and he's low risk for catching it. I do wonder if I will be able to get him to take the medication as he is very fussy with food so it's not like I can just put it in his dinner.

@Climbingthelaundrymountain

The vet didn't do the kennel cough vaccine as it has to go up the nose and he's low risk for catching it. I do wonder if I will be able to get him to take the medication as he is very fussy with food so it's not like I can just put it in his dinner.

My vet said they use an injectable kennel cough vaccine these days. Might be worth asking about if you need it for kennels/daycare.

Re medication, we’ve had success with sticky soft goat’s cheese and more recently, surprisingly, banana. My boy is on several meds a day and we just slip his capsules into the centre of a slice of ripe banana, works really well.

My boy is fine for regular visits but a while back he had a problem with his foot and had to be sedated so the vet could look at it. I’m not sure what drug the sedation was but DDog did not react well after. Whinging and very unsettled. He would lie down, then get up, then lie down etc.

He reacts fine to general anaesthetic though!

Sorry slow response. I've not done this to my own dog but I'm a vet and it works really well. Sometimes it doesn't work as well and we adjust the dose for the next time

@Climbingthelaundrymountain

The vet didn't do the kennel cough vaccine as it has to go up the nose and he's low risk for catching it. I do wonder if I will be able to get him to take the medication as he is very fussy with food so it's not like I can just put it in his dinner.

Hide it in a cube of cheese.

One of my dogs is the same. I muzzle him. I won't sedate my vet is experienced