Sadie went to the vet late this morning.
Care to ask her how it went?
Clearly she was a little nervous.
It was Sadie’s first time visiting a new vet in Ocala, but something about the smell of the vet’s office made her uneasy from the get-go. Even though she’d never been there before, she went into instant baby mode when we walked in.
Maybe all veterinary offices have the same smell?
We spent our time in the waiting room like this:
A 38-pound shaking dog in my lap. (Sadie gained three pounds since her last vet visit! Woo!)
The appointment itself went well. Sadie got some vaccinations, a heart worm screening and the usual pat down. We’re going back again in three weeks for a follow up appointment following her Lyme disease vaccination and Sadie is pumped!
That last picture is post-vaccinations. It was like Sadie knew all the tough stuff was over and immediately went back to being happy Sadie again.
Lunch
Lunch today came together quickly because I was awfully hungry when we arrived home from the vet.
I made a batch of tuna salad and served it on a whole wheat hot dog bun with tomato slices and a side of roasted Brussels sprouts.
Not too shabby.
Time to write, write, write! 
Question of the Afternoon
- Does your pet react to the vet’s office or get nervous when they walk into certain locations?
Sadie was always totally cool about visiting the vet’s office until she got spayed. Since then, vet offices make her nervous. She also went through a little spell when she’d get nervous walking into PetSmart because we got her nails trimmed there once. She got over that one pretty quickly thanks to many nail clipping-free visits.
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Sadie is such a cutie! Our pup, Parsley, spends as much of the visit as possible either in our laps or in our arms!
Ah! I thought Sydney was just being weird when she jumped on my lap every single time at the vet! Glad to know she isn’t the only one … but luckily, she is only 12 pounds!
Syd gets scared/refuses to leave my lap at the vet, right when we walk into a new house she has never been to and when we get to my parents house (since they dog sit her a lot, so sometimes I leave there without her).
I have two cats, one of which (a Tortie) earns praises from the staff about her being the coolest and most awesome cat EVER.
The other (gray and white tabby), well, let’s just say that he considers the butt a one-way street. No thermometers for him if he can help it!
LOL!
Aww sadie looks so cute when she is happy :). My dog spencer shakes the whole entire and goes on my lap. He is a very brave boy when he gets his vaccinations.
My dog flattens himself like a pancake in our vet’s waiting room, as if he’s trying to blend in with the tile floor.
Is lyme disease a standard vaccine in FL? I’ve never heard of it for dogs here in GA…
nope, it’s not, but our vet thought it was a good idea b/c i mentioned that we pull tics off of her after nearly every time we take her hiking. 🙂
Ah! I hate ticks. Good call. 🙂
i LOVE roasted brussels sprouts
Hah, I love the captions in Sadie’s pictures! 🙂 My family dog hates going to the vet! He is so bad in the car though. He will cry the entire time and shake. It’s bad. When he goes into the vet, forget it. He will do everything in his power not to be touched by the doctor or be put on the examining table.
I still have scars from when I took my cat to the vet. I was 9 at the time.
Awe pup! We go to the vet inside of a pet store, so she never knows if we’re going shopping, to training, or to the vet. She’s really only had one bad experience at the vet. She had a slight allergic reaction to her Lyme disease vaccine the first time so the second time they gave her a benadryl shot before hand. but it had to be in the muscle! it took TWO techs to hold her down (she is 20 lbs haha) and after she was stting on my lap and wouldn’t even look at me. She was SO mad at me for allowing it to happen.
Also, she thinks if she is sitting ON my shoulder she is safe. On my face is better…
haha. love sadie.
Dharma turns into a complete spaz when we take her to the vet. She tries to bolt out of the door when we are opening it. Once she managed to wiggle out of her harness and it took two vet techs to get her! She always shakes like a leaf and sheds a huge pile on the waiting room floor. Funny how Sadie knew to be scared even though she’d never been there before!
Haha I would be freaked out about the vet after getting spayed too!!! She is too adorable. Our dogs were never huge fans of the vet, especially since the only time we put them in the car was to go there. They knew what was coming…
Bella loves the vet, mainly because she loves anyone who will give her undivided attention. However, getting her nails clipped at Petsmart is another story. She tried to climb her way to my shoulder so they couldn’t take her back. She is 65 pounds of lean muscle!
I’m proud of our girl. She obviously wasn’t scarred for life! xo Mama
those brussels sprouts look yummy…only a HLB blogger/reader would say that huh! Lol
Poor Sadie!! What a relief that she survived her meeting with the big, bad vet! 😉
My Mia (also a Vizsla) is about that weight too- i feel like she’s tiny compared to other Vizslas! She’s such a happy puppy, she loves to go anywhere & is even happy at the vet. My other Vizsla (Zoe) is a big baby- she starts shaking when we get a few blocks from the vet & she recognizes where we are at!
What sort of collar is that on her?
it’s a gentle leader harness. it is AMAZING. if your vizslas pull at all, i highly recommend it. it makes walking or running with sadie so much more enjoyable.
Gentle leaders are amazing! I tried everything to train my pit mix to walk on leash, but the second I got the gentle leader it was a totally different story. Sadie’s pink gentle leader is cute. 🙂
Ginger resides between my legs the entire time we’re waiting then refuses with all her 60lb. might to get up on the exam table. It’s quite the scene. Although if I had my ovaries ripped out of me in that place, I might act similarly.
That’s so funny, Zeke’s annual vet checkup is tomorrow! He isn’t a fan of vets, but it’s not a problem for him. He just doesn’t like new situations. All of the vets love him, so he enjoys all of the hugs and pats he gets while he’s there!
good luck zeke!
My two dogs act the same whenever we walk into a Vet or a groomers. I think it’s the scent of the other animals- it’s like a warning “some okay and maybe not okay things go down here” which signals the tail between the legs and ears back on my pups!
I get a kick out of your hot dog bun sandwiches!
My golden is absolutely THRILLED every time he goes to the vet! He is totally content being the center of attention.
My German shepherd on the other hand just thinks he needs to protect me and the vet from every one else! He’s just a little puppy but barks like he is tough stuff!
Haley gets so antsy with kids. I cant say that I blame her…they’re small, fast, loud and stinky, I’m a little cautious around them too…
Our dog, Frisket, doesn’t mind the vet. He’s usually pretty cool. But the GROOMER scares the pants off him. He used to love it, but then an inexperienced groomer used scissors instead of whatever it is they actually use, and cut him He has a V-shaped scar on his side, now. My dad won’t let anyone but the shop owner groom him from now on.
frisket is such a fun name! how did you think of it??
My dad and my sis were huge fans of this mid-90’s computer animated show “Reboot” and that was the name of the dog on that show. Most people call him ‘Brisket’ but my grandma always called him Whisket. lol
The whole show takes place inside a computer, and it’s like this regular world, only a computer virus is going to take over the computer, and the lead character, B.O.B, is constantly getting stuck in games and stuff. It’s on Netflix, and pretty fun, but sooooo dated. lol
Those photos of Sadie are precious- what a babe!
Harold (my pup) gets really excited when we are driving up to his hair dressers, but when we get out from the vehicle he puts the brakes on! I have to pick him up and carry him to the door!
He also hates wooden walkway, whether it’s a bridge or just little path. It started when he was just months old and has never ceased.
They have such personality!
Aw poor Sadie! I think I get more nervous than my dog at the Vet. I can’t go in the room if he’s getting shots because shots make me faint – even if they’re not being given to me apparently 🙂
Your dog is too funny! My dog only gets nervous when we go to the vet when she’s sick. She’s not normally a lap dog (she’s 55 lbs after all) but when she’s not feeling well and we walk into the vet all she wants to do is curl up in my lap!
We have two dogs, neither get nervous… yet. One is still a puppy and hasn’t been snipped snipped yet so I’m sure his feelings will change after that.
We left the two of them for Memorial Day weekend at the vet’s office when we went out of town (we hated to have to do it) but they just trotted off into the back room before I could even say good bye. I was the one with tears that day at the vet. Lord knows how I’ll do when I have kids and they start school.
aw, that is too cute! they’re such independent little men (or man + woman?). 🙂
Big sister (Mabel) , little brother (Goose). Both are rescues. He takes all of his cues from her. So if she’s not scared, he’s not scared. If she’s hungry, he’s hungry. If she wants to drink water, he wants to drink water. He’s only 4 months old and 40 lbs. He’ll be a big boy.
That’s what I feel like when my stepdad picks up our dog for her to stay with them. She is so excited that she doesn’t even look back. It makes me kind of sad.
omygosh! I was gonna say the same thing as the caption on the 2nd picture, lol. It probably does smell like ill animals! 🙁 And your lunch looks super good and wholesome~!
Mmmm I love a good tuna salad! Looks/sounds yummy. Maybe my lunch will be similar?! 😉
LOL love the speech bubbles today!!! One of our dogs used to haaaate the car. She’d get so nervous that she’d be sick every time we drove her somewhere. We knew it was going to happen so our ‘usual’ would be to put her in our recycle box on the seat next to my sister, then line everything around the box with newspaper. Not fun to clean up at all! One of our other dogs (in the days after the pukey one!) used to stay at a kennel when we went away on holiday. When we came back, she would be SO hyper in the car… it was like picking up a little kid from summer camp!
AJ LOVES the vet’s office! He struts in there and shows off for all the other dogs. The women who work in there ooh and ah over him and he just eats it up, it’s like he knows he’s adorbale or something. 😉
Our English Bully, Tully, LOVES the vet, kennel, our parents’ homes, anywhere. He just loves to go, go, go! 🙂 As for the Lyme disease vaccination, what is it? Our vet has never offered that one. We are having a terrible time with ticks this year and that may be something we should look into getting.
My dog absolutely trembles whenever she goes to get her hair cut! I always feel so bad for her 🙁 She also hates whenever I visit her at my parents’ house & then have to be dropped off at the train station .. it’s so sad hearing her cry when I leave 🙁 She’s actually okay with going to the vet, likely because everyone there is SO nice to her & gives her lots of treats! She also LOVES going to our pet sitter whenever my parents go on vacation. She can actually sense she’s going to the sitter when we’re about a mile away from it. When we let her out of the car and off the leash, she literally knows all the turns to make to arrive at the dog sitter’s apartment (she’s in a big complex and has to make about 4-5 turns!). So funny how dogs are so aware of their surroundings and really truly do know what’s going on!
My dog is super embarassing at the vet! As soon as I open the door to the office, she locks her legs and I either have to drag or carry her in, which is no easy feat since she is a 60 lb lab! Then, she insists on sitting BEHIND me while we wait. I mean, between me and the chair back. It’s ridiculous.
I have to call the vet for to make a yearly appt for my dog. He hates the vet soooo much! He literally cries and cries and wants nothing to do with it! I feel so bad, but it’s for their own good.
My cats absolutely hate the vet! The minute we bring out the carrier, they know what’s up- it’s vet time. One of my cats gets so scared, she… relieves herself.. in the carrier. Good thing she doesn’t have access a computer/this blog- she’d kill me for saying that! 😉
One of the first times that April went to the vet, she tried to nip at the vet and had to get a muzzle put on her. Now it’s in her file, so she has to get the muzzle everytime. She hates it! And she’s not a biting dog. Like ever. I feel so bad for her.
My dog Zelda hates the vet! As soon as we pass “the point of no return”–a specific road en route to the office–she knows where we’re going and starts to freak out. Poor doggie 🙁
Being a veterinarian myself, I would say that most of them tend to act a bit on edge when coming in:) All of the wonderful pet smells can be a bit overwhelming to the nose of the pet! Hopefully we can put them at ease before they leave.
Side note- did the intense treadmill workout this morning and I was a hot sweaty mess! It was awesome. So happy I found your blog:)
We love our vet so much, my dad named one of his dogs after the vet!
Aww poor thing! My cousin’s dog is absolutely terrified of the vet. He is not supposed to shed but he does when he goes to the vet because he is so afraid! I feel so bad for him!
I love the change from shaking on your lap Sadie to perfectly happy and back to her usual self Sadie. Sounds about right with any of us and doctor’s appointments, right?
One time I had to take my brother’s dog to the vet and right as we were walking in he stopped dead in his tracks, but I kept going and his leash slipped off. Then the vet tech had to come outside and help me and he squirted his anal gland. Sick.
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Poor Sadie! I’m glad it all went well!
Love pictures of Sadie!
My puppy does really well at the vet but she’s getting spayed this week. I hope that doesn’t change her mind!
I have three beagles, and they really love getting out of the house so they don’t mind the vet so much. I’m sure they’d much rather be going to the park or on a walk, but they take what they can get.
Aww! Poor Sadie. Scout, our dog, is such a baby when we go to the vet. He loves going there but hates getting shots – especially the one where they spray into the nose.
My dog Oliver is great at the vet – it’s just the other dogs and cats in the waiting room he gets excited/nervous about!
My puppy Andy cries the whole way in the car to somewhere, but as soon as we’ve been somewhere (the puppy park, the vet, etc) he’s happy and fine the whole way home. I swear he thinks we’re going to abandon him or something and once he knows hes fine then he loves the car.
Our dog Charlie loves to go to the vet just to meet new people. He likes to play with other dogs and give kisses to the staff.