visited a new vet today

[pitbull #311]

i visited a new vet today cause my old one was way too expensive .
i walk into his office seems like nice guy puts chelsea (my puppy)
up on the weight table , checks her out gives her some shots (lime and a antibiotic) then he starts telling me about what i have to worry about my dogs breed and how there dangerous, and starts handing me sheets of paper with articals of pit bull attacks ,the thing that pissed me off the most is
he said " my breed of dog is like a loaded shot gun it may or may not ever kill"
what the f**k is that suppose to mean ? then he continue to tell me that he has nothing against pitbulls and do make good family pets.

what am i suppose to think ?
has anyone else had this done to them ?
i showed the articals to my wife now she having 2nd thoughts .
she love's are puppy as i do to ,but now it's in her mind " WHAT IF "

thanks Dickie

[jankab]

Its all media hype, the APBT in its true form is a wonderful dog. Everything falls back to responsible ownership and educating yourself on the breed... The problem with these dogs is not the dogs at all, its the other end of the leash.

You guys should not get discouraged because of one idiots opinion about this breed, educate yourself about this breed so next time you go in there you can teach him a thing or two.

[searkkennels]

he is obvisously biased against pitbulls, there not loaded guns waiting to go off. thats BS
its all how u raise them. hell i have 2 housedogs that will catch anything around whatever. but with people as most are they are very loving. its all how they are raised. jus like any other dog. i would not give that vet one more of my hard earned money. i tell u that.

[Bluepit50]

Do not go back there!!!!!!!!!!!!! Send a letter to them stating that as a vet they should have first hand knowledge of dog breeds and were very ignorant in their professionalism. All breeds of dogs can attack people for different reasons and pitbulls don't even come close to as many bite incidents as most other breeds, Cocker Spaniels, Sharpei, German Shephards, Husky, Chow Chows, Dalmations, just to name a few that bite many more times then our breed. The only difference with pitbulls is that they are the strongest breed of dog in the world for their size, so if they did bite it will cause more damage than the average dog. That is the only difference!!! That vet is very ignorant and knows nothing about dog breeds, good vets will be the first to tell you that pitbulls are a very loving and loyal breed of dog and are highly intelligent!!!


My first vet was very good, with my first pup he told me how beautiful my dog was and that he would be a very good looking dog. He told me that it's important to start training him and said that if I don't start showing the pup that i'm the stronger one and the boss then when it gets older I won't be able to control him. Needless to say he showed me proper restraint techniques to use on my pup during the times when he would get rowdy and not listen. After a few weaks my pup quickly learned to behave and that I was the stronger, and to this day he has been the best behaving dog I could ever ask for and now is ready to start competing in shows. The people there always favored my pups and to this day their pictures are all over the walls of the vet. The man who owned the clinic is a real nice person and is very intelligent, I did'nt mind paying the high vet costs when I would bring them in because their service and professionalism was worth it, and because of his help my dogs grew up to be healthy well behaved dogs. :)

[pitbull #311]

All breeds of dogs can attack people for different reasons and pitbulls don't even come close to as many bite incidents as most other breeds, Cocker Spaniels, Sharpei, German Shephards, Husky, Chow Chows, Dalmations,

:)
i told him that and he showed me a sheet with all kinds of dog ( wish i had it with me ) and the number of bites per dog within 1996-1998 and the pitbull topped out @ 132 bites within this time frame then 2nd was rotty's @ 18 bites

[PitbullLover]

I won't go back there! My vet use to have pits and my dogs love him. They have never acted weird or lectured me! A vet that is bias is not interested in your pets wellbeing!! You want a vet that treats your dogs like his own!

[Bluepit50]

i told him that and he showed me a sheet with all kinds of dog ( wish i had it with me ) and the number of bites per dog within 1996-1998 and the pitbull topped out @ 132 bites within this time frame then 2nd was rotty's @ 18 bites
I can answere that one real easy for you!!!! Check this out pitbulls don't even come close to the # of bites on people every year as other breeds of dogs, it's a fact!!!!! First off most dogs that bite people don't get reported because they can't inflict as much damage as a pitbull, so there are thousands of dog bites that don't get seen. 2nd of the few pitbull bites that do occure most of them were either another breed of dog and just labeled pitbull by the media or a pitbull mix. Trust me alot of small breeds of dogs will bite people, due to fear biting, most large breed dogs are'nt afraid of people. There are no real accurate bite statistics, because many are not reported since small dogs won't due much damage, that's why it can never be accurate. Trust me, a pure bred pitbull will be the last breed of dog to bite someone, they are simply too people friendly genetically and are very confident and intelligent, I see many small breeds of dogs that bite people all the time.

[nappydawg]

i sure as hell wouldn't go back there and i would let people know how unproffessional he was
my new vet is awesome in the way he handles my dogs and the lil extras he does like nail trimmings and checks them over real good every time and he ain't that expensive either guess i got lucky

[B]

Just like everyone else said... DO NOT go back. Luckily I have a VERY bulldog friendly vet. They treat my dogs just like every other dog. They are very nice, not scared, and do their job. You need to find someone that is knowledagable and unbiased. Even if it costs a bit more, it is nice to know that someone isn't going to treat you a certain way because of the dog you own. That vet is close minded and ignorant.

B

[GameKid16]

i visited a new vet today cause my old one was way too expensive .
i walk into his office seems like nice guy puts chelsea (my puppy)
up on the weight table , checks her out gives her some shots (lime and a antibiotic) then he starts telling me about what i have to worry about my dogs breed and how there dangerous, and starts handing me sheets of paper with articals of pit bull attacks ,the thing that pissed me off the most is
he said " my breed of dog is like a loaded shot gun it may or may not ever kill"
what the f**k is that suppose to mean ? then he continue to tell me that he has nothing against pitbulls and do make good family pets.

what am i suppose to think ?
has anyone else had this done to them ?
i showed the articals to my wife now she having 2nd thoughts .
she love's are puppy as i do to ,but now it's in her mind " WHAT IF "

thanks Dickie
I should have tried to educate him, if that didnt work, I whould tell him were to shove his pitbull attack articles, but either way he whouldnt be having my business anymore

[rocksteady]

there is no way to determine 100% the statistics of all dogs that bite. mainly because people do not report when their so called "perfect family dog" nips or bites .. So basically much of the dog bites go unreported.

The reason so many "pit bull" bites get reported is that mostly they require medical attention.. so there for they must be reported. Secondly, people wouldnt know a pit bull if infact it did bite them so to speak lol.

Like everyone said, I wouldnt go back. Vets arent trained on every breed out there. See, all vets are for is the health of a dog, period. A vet can specialize in certain breeds, usually if they raise them themselves... But you simply cannot expect every vet to know every little detail about every breed out there. they know basic health information (like they are prone to this and this and this) and thats generally it. All thy know is what the medical profession tells them unless they have first hand knowledge of a breed..

(hope I made some sense lol)

[440rider]

pit311, that's a very unprofessional approach by a clinic. If it's a larger operation I would contact one of the partners regarding this situation.

[miakoda]

I would find a new vet! Pit Bulls are welcomed at our clinic with open armed & we love treating them. Any one of our vets would much rather go into the room with the pit bull over any other breed. Hell, most of us that work there have one (or more ;) ). That vet is no better than any other of the uneducated, illogical idiots out there. Like I said, there are better, more caring vets out there. I would never go back to that one & I would also encourage others not to either.

As for your wife having second thoughts, have her email me. :)

[Scotsman]

That was very unprofessional of that veterinarian. I would report him to your states licensing board without thinking twice. He is letting his perosnal feelings influence him to much.

[thablacksheep]

I'm sure there will be those who disagree, but it is what it is. Anyway, It's quite obvious that you dont know too much about the breed, heck you even presented the negative material about this breed to your wife, so it seems as if what he said and showed you made you think twice. By no means do I agree with his approach or his ignorance but I firmly believe that this breed isnt for everbody (meaning those with no knowledge of the breed). I respect everyone's advice and opinions but lets be real, some of the greatest bred dogs, and performing dogs were too nuts to handle by men that basically have bulldog blood running through their veins. I know that these are critical times for our breed and thats why I feel that we should be more carefull about the advice we give to someone that can easily be persuaded because of their lack of knowledge. I dont know where you got your dog, but there are a lot of back yard breeders out there that could care less about how the dogs temprament is, just as long as he gets that money. So you could very well have a poorly bred dog, around here we call them people biters. I agree that you should'nt go back to that vet, but you should go to the book store and get all the info you can about the breed. Or just stick around here.