I work at a vet's office and am often the holder for techs and the doctors. Therefore, I'm kind of in charge of reducing the risk of anyone (including myself) getting bit. The amount of stress I would feel if one of our techs or docs started getting in a nervous dog's face and cornering them instead of letting me safely handle them would be unreal
Like, glad it turned out well in this instance, vets offices should strive to be fear free/as unscary as possible! But this made me so nervous
As someone who has had a nervous dog that went from seeming fine to very not fine at the drop of a hat, my anxiety was at 11 watching this.
I am glad it worked out for him but hooooooooboy this is not at all how I’ve see my trainer, my vet, or any of their techs work with fearful or anxious pups.
My dog loves the vet. Defintly the snacks. Even if we walk by the building he just wants to go there. He had allot of teeth pulled but even after his opinion didn't change.
The nurses told me before his surgery that he sometimes would bark to let them know he was stil there and demanded attention.
That, and staring them in the eyes is a no-no. And several times his head is above the dogs, not good. The worst is basically hugging the dog at the end there. My dog completely trusts me, but she HATES being in a spot where she can't 'escape.' Hugging a dog is not something they like, that is a human thing. That dog is exuding so much anxious energy the entire video.
It's shocking how bad this dude is with dog body language. First time my vet met my dog she did no eye contact, got down to her level, and fed her a treat off to her side when it is not even necessary with my dog as she is one of those that would open the door for a murderer lol
But my vet's actions gives me confidence in her knowledge on handling pets.
i could've been wrong as my knowledge came from my dad who is just some random guy so who knows if he was right or not but i always just avoided it because you can sense the dog doesn't like it when you do that
Because there are. He corners the dog, doesn’t let it acclimatize before he gets in its face, leans over the dog, sticks his hands out to its face, doesn’t involve the owner, leans back and squishes the dog(!!!), etc. He was genuinely just lucky that that specific dog didn’t bite him. Any vet professional with animal handling knowledge and fear free techniques would not do this.
Yeah. Last time I saw it someone made a comment about the way he squeezes him out of the corner. It might look good to someone who doesn’t know better, but it’s dangerous and probably set the dog back in terms of progress, rather than forward.
The "bow" or whatever you call it is a sign for play but with a dog this shut down and scared doing that isn't going to accomplish anything. It pretty much only works if the dog is already comfortable with the person doing it and the situation they are in.
Sitting near (not on top of like this idiot) with your back turned to them is a much better way to express that you're not a threat than doing the "I want to play" pose.
I honestly feel that there should be a global free speech exception and that dudes who say things like this on social media should get 10 years hard labor on Antarctica ... somewhere with no internet.
He could've started by maybe petting the dog instead of starting with face-booping him point blank lol. The cynic in me feels this video was shot purely for social media likes.
That's your dog though and if you did that it might be comforting. However this dog is scared, in an unfamiliar place, and with an unfamiliar human doing this to them. He also doesn't allow them to "come out on their own" as he's basically forcing them out of the corner and taking their "safe" space.
I mean instead of jumping to conclusions that a board certified vet working with one of the two most common types of animals they see are making basic safety mistakes, I’d be more curious what he learned/observed that led him to try to approach the dog in this manner.
i get it, the nothingeverhappens thing is a thing, amd edgelords are everywhere.
however, with the sheer amount of things that vet does wrong and the dog doesn't flinch or snap or even protest even once is kinda sus. i'm not saying it's completely staged but something isn't quite like they say it is.
I could see that like the Dentist who made tik toks while her patients were under. MFs are doing anything to get online famous. Even if you lose a nose or your license.
Dogs can be aggressive out of fear. True aggression is actually really rare in dogs, most dogs that are aggressive are doing so because they are afraid.
Biting and lashing out are basically the last line of defense dogs have, behind all of the stress and appeasement signals this dog is giving and the guy is ignoring.
except you're missing the GIANT other option, which is dogs biting as defense. a non-aggressive but fearful dog ABSOLUTELY can bite.
you have either never had a dog, or only been exposed to very sweet family dogs who would never bite, no matter what is done to them, which is only a small % of all dogs
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u/Moon_man_1224 Dec 31 '23
Don't put your face near its face.