trip to the vet

our poor dog hates the vet. well not really the vet per say, but the clipping of the nails part of her vet visit. ever since she was a little puppy, alexi has hated getting her nails clipped. she doesn't really like for people to touch her feet at all, which little miss gets a big kick out of....she will grab at alexi's feet just to watch her pull them away.

alexi was really excited to get to go for a ride in the car, and even more excited when we got to the gate guards for the air force base...they have a dog beach that we often take alexi too, im pretty sure she thought thats where we were going. but when we got to the brick building the fun really started....she was quick to get out and smell around and very excited to see new people. when it was time for us to see the vet, alexi was already worn out from all of the excitement. so as they put her up on the scale i was talking to the vet about her ears (labs get lots of ear infections) and that we needed more medicine to keep at home for when she gets them again. our vet in new york was awesome....we could bring her in whenever and they would trim her nails and flush out her ears for free. and the vet was just great at what he did..... trying to just get an appointment at this one is like pulling teeth, you have to make one months in advance...such a pain. i had warned the vet before hand that her nails were bad ( we try and trim them as much as possible but it not only takes forever, she fights it the whole time) and that she does not do well....she just shrugged it off and said that they could handle it.....so when she was done with alexi's ears i told her again...she hates having her nails clipped..and again, she just said it would be fine. so when alexi started bucking and kicking they finally took me seriously. i had to hold her head, and the vet tech was literally laying on alexi and hold her front and back legs so the vet could trim her nails.... ever time she got through 2 or 3 nails, alexi would start kicking and bucking again and they would have to stop an redo their grabs on her... so after about the 4th time and alexi starting to poop on their floor they gave up....but not before she was able to scratch the vet a few times, hit the vet tech--her neck and arms were very red, and claw me. she did a good number, and i am sure when i take her back in another week to have her ears looked at and her nails trimmed some more.....they will believe me :)









my bruises are now a yellowish black and are starting to fade and they never did show up well in the pictures....but where you see the scratches-are also bruises :) then the next morning when i went to put the medicine in her ears....she went to hide under our bed....it was a tight squeeze.