cats in carriers/dogs on leads

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Vicky RVN — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:38:15 GMT

Haha, perhaps you had a scary stare, like the demon headmaster lol!

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Fiona Leathers — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:59:38 GMT

We had a kids hanging around outside for ages and my bosses were nicely asking them to move on. One night when I was in, I'd had enough and just went outside and just stared at them. They started off laughing & joking but after about 10 minutes they looked a little worried then left. Haven't been back.......I'm not sure what they thought I was going to do???

Re: cats in carriers/dogs on leads

Sally Seddon — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:45:21 GMT

[quote user="Rachel Jayne"]

At my first place, we were asked by the clinical waste collection man to put an asbo teenager in a kennel once - found him out in the carpark breaking into his van about to steal his sat-nav!

Came bursting thru the back door shouting "quick open a kennel for me to shut him in!"

Madness..!!!

(Ok, so this isn't directly related to the title of this thread! but thought I'd share it as we're talking about kenneling kids!

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ha ha brilliant! the kids from one of the local schools are always flinging our door open and yelling "you killed my dog you b*****ds", i have thought on many occasions that i would like to threaten them with a syringe full of blue juice! perhaps locking them in a kennel is a better idea

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Rachel Jayne — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:03:39 GMT

At my first place, we were asked by the clinical waste collection man to put an asbo teenager in a kennel once - found him out in the carpark breaking into his van about to steal his sat-nav!

Came bursting thru the back door shouting "quick open a kennel for me to shut him in!"

Madness..!!!

(Ok, so this isn't directly related to the title of this thread! but thought I'd share it as we're talking about kenneling kids!

Re: cats in carriers/dogs on leads

Sally Howe — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:43:37 GMT

[quote user="sal the 1st"]

[quote user="Sally Roberts"]

I did say " if you had a crash, what would happen?, Yes your cat would have been killed as it hit the windscreen".

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went out to an RTA once to collect an JRT that had been sleeping on the back parcel shelf and had been thrown to the front of the car when the car was rear ended. Dog survived , driver died when he was hit by his dog!

have also had a cat leg it out the waiting room and run straight under a car at one place - people never learn!

The sign I used to use was

Keep your pet safe! - cats in baskets and dogs on leads whilst in our waiting area

PS have threatened to kennel a child on more than one occ - one owner (sorry parent) said 'yes please - I will come back for him later'

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From what I understood the cat was in the front seat!!!!!

A few parents have asked if there was any cure for the kids.................... mmmmmmmmm had to bite my tongue a few times.

I've offered to cage a few hooligans in my time but did say that the owner/ parent must collect, were not licensed to keep them overnight......lol

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Sal the 1st — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:31:11 GMT

[quote user="Sally Roberts"]

I did say " if you had a crash, what would happen?, Yes your cat would have been killed as it hit the windscreen".

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have also had a cat leg it out the waiting room and run straight under a car at one place - people never learn!

The sign I used to use was

Keep your pet safe! - cats in baskets and dogs on leads whilst in our waiting area

PS have threatened to kennel a child on more than one occ - one owner (sorry parent) said 'yes please - I will come back for him later'

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Sally Seddon — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:56:30 GMT

[quote user="Sally Roberts"]

We had one turn up today, not only did they drive (!!!!!) with the cat loose but crossed a busy road.

I did say " if you had a crash, what would happen?, Yes your cat would have been killed as it hit the windscreen".

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what complete idiots!

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Sally Seddon — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:56:08 GMT

[quote user="Jen"]

I would love to add something like " all children must be kept quiet and on a tight leash"

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he he i should add this to my sign! i dont mind well behaved children, in our area you dont get many of those sadly

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Sally Howe — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:50:18 GMT

We had one turn up today, not only did they drive (!!!!!) with the cat loose but crossed a busy road.

I did say " if you had a crash, what would happen?, Yes your cat would have been killed as it hit the windscreen".

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Nick Shackleton — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:14:28 GMT

[quote user="Jen"]

I would love to add something like " all children must be kept quiet and on a tight leash"

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Alternatively leave them at home!

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Jen — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:12:58 GMT

I would love to add something like " all children must be kept quiet and on a tight leash"

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Saskia Quinn — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:34:43 GMT

[quote user="Nick Shackleton"]

Silly cow who goes the vets in 4 inch heels and a dog that size! she didnt really get far. So just be careful about lending out stuff cos it might come back on you.

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Mmmm...... now you have gone and upset me Nick!!!! Here I was, planning on what to wear for my visit to the vets on tuesday (off on hols this week) to have Josie spayed and Gordon neutered - Well, I WAS going to wear my PINK 6 inch stilettos with my skinny jeans, you know, just to be attractive........... skinny jeans, 6 inch pink stilettos and restraining 2 greyhounds, likely to be cats in the waiting room - AND a water bowl, and now you have gone and spoiled my fun lolol

Mmmm....if only I could fit into those skinny jeans lolol

Re: cats in carriers/dogs on leads

chris beasley — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:27:57 GMT

We have a sign also that asks dog owners to keep their dogs on a lead. We even hamg leads up next to it for their use. The leads constantly go missing, but I have never seen a dog come in with one (The are labelled with the practice name!)

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Rachel Jayne — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:21:44 GMT

I made a sign that's in the front door saying:

"Please ensure your dog is restrained on lead and your cat or small pet is in a secure carrier before entering the practice"

So people have no excuse to kick off if I then remind them of this practice policy, as they're sat trying to restrain their cat that's half way up the display board!

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loopylou711 — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:54:22 GMT

[quote user="Vicky C"]We have a client who brings their massive kitty (not overweight, just big!) in on a harness and has never been a prob, [/quote]

See that Lukas other problem he is reallly long! Not only that he gets totally stressed out when you put the door on the box! He once head butted it off I must have not put it on right! Bless him!

I don't understand owners who don't bother to restrain pets properly! I bet they would be happy to blame us if their pet was to be attacked!

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Vicky RVN — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:32:43 GMT

[quote user="icklesal"]

it annoys me when people dont tell you their dog has had a wee/poo in reception! once found a dog poo that had been pushed under a chair in the waiting room!

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Grrrrrrrrrrr that makes me SO mad too...you often don't notice until the smell hits you, by then the smell is in the room for the next few hours, even after you've cleaned it up!

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Sally Seddon — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:27:33 GMT

what an dingus, wont even wear heels when im walking my chihuahua! hehe

it annoys me when people dont tell you their dog has had a wee/poo in reception! once found a dog poo that had been pushed under a chair in the waiting room!

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Nick Shackleton — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:22:48 GMT

Kinda related, cos to do with waiting room. We used to have a bowl of water in the waiting room where I used to work and a dog had split some of the water and a a dog pulled its owner over and she was all up for suing us for leaving spilt water on the floor. later transpired that she had 4 inch high heels on with a mastiff!!!!

Silly cow who goes the vets in 4 inch heels and a dog that size! she didnt really get far. So just be careful about lending out stuff cos it might come back on you.

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Sally Seddon — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:18:36 GMT

[quote user="Freckle"]

we don't have a sign, but if I am on reception, and someone comes in with an unsecured animal, I just tend to get a practice lead or carrier for them to use while they are waiting. I mentioned it to our PM and she said that it could be a sticky point with the practice insurance if anything were to happen to an unrestrained animal in the waiting room. most clients are more than happy to use the practices leads/carriers, and then just return them to us after putting their pet in the car.

we also loan cat carriers out FOC but for a £5 deposit

I think it is more important for us, as we just have one waiting area.

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we tend to ask people if they want a lead/carrier. a lady yesterday said her can wont go in a basket and its soft so would just sit on her knee. we have a tiny waiting room and there were a couple of dogs in at the time.

we also lend carriers to people if they leave a refundable deposit.

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Sally Seddon — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:15:33 GMT

[quote user="STRVN"]

Liking that Lovecat. Can I ask, does anyone do a disclaimer in the waiting room?(ie- The practice does not take responsibility for any pet injured while not restrained within the waiting area) just a thought that a lot may actually pay a bit more attention to........ and something I might suggest to bosses.

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i have thought about this before. wouldnt suprise me if people tried to blame us if their dog/cat was attacked. are we liable if we dont have such a sign?

i think a cat on a harness is classed as restraint. aslong as the person the end of the harness is in control (i can imagine some of our clients letting their cat wander over to see the dogs in the room!)

our surgery is quite close to a busy high street so you would think our clients would be a tad more worried about their animals escaping when the door is opened. i returned from lunch one day and as i opened the door a dog tried to shoot out of it, luckily i blocked its path. that could of been a bit nasty

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Freckle — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:09:38 GMT

we also loan cat carriers out FOC but for a £5 deposit

I think it is more important for us, as we just have one waiting area.

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Anonymous — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:59:08 GMT

We have a notice in the waiting room requesting that all cats are kept in secure baskets and dogs on leads, we do have a seperate cat waiting area so that reduces the stress for the cats seeing other dogs. I have seen a couple of people just carry their cats in but once someone explained that it was practice policy to keep them in baskets they were absolutely fine with putting their cats in a basket

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Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:07:43 GMT

[quote user="LoveCat"]

We have a sign that says 'All cats must be in a basket and all dogs must be on a lead' with a cartoon of a dog leaping at a cat thats all fluffed out with back arched - to demonstrate the worst that could happen!

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LoveCat — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:57:03 GMT

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Vicky RVN — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:40:50 GMT

We have a client who brings their massive kitty (not overweight, just big!) in on a harness and has never been a prob, it's when people bring them with no type of restraint it's mad!