Dog friendly waiting room

Re: Dog friendly waiting room

Gillian Mostyn — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:05:12 GMT

Make sure the appointment system is running efficiently - that is going to be the main way you can avoid too many dogs hanging around in the waiting room. Do things usually run to time?

Re: Dog friendly waiting room

Sal the 1st — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:27:25 GMT

the dividers i mentioned on a previous thread worked quite well, take minimal space and are moveable (some have wheels underneath). One of the things I noticed most with these was how much 'echo' they killed in the waiting room so even if you have a real bigmouth dog kicking off the noise wasnt unbearable.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Classic-Climber-Planter-complete-Trellis/dp/B004RXO728/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1317803074&sr=8-5

you dont have to put plants in them - tho we did have some silk ones in a couple of ours - they also make good magazine and display racks (quite good for pinning posters to as well)

Re: Dog friendly waiting room

Katie Mansfield — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 07:27:12 GMT

DAP plug ins? Arrange the seating so that no-one is opposite, avoiding face to face confrontation? Trouble is with nervous dogs is it can sometimes escalate into nervous aggressive behaviour. If this is ever the case we ask the client to wait outside, or in their car in bad weather. Some clients with seroiusly nervous aggressive dogs have even been walked into the consult room through the back to avoid the waiting room altogether. HTH

K x