I will say that I genuinely appreciate the care and patience the vet techs gave my pup as he has a very very hard time being restrained for vaccines, and they were very calm and helpful despite his severe behavior (only during the vaccination procedure). My disappointment came with the stand in vet who administered his vaccines. From the moment she walked in the door I felt shamed for 1. not actively holding my pup on the table (he has never even attempted to jump off anything taller than two feet, and my primary vet does all the handling with him on the table so I've never been put in a position where I've had to restrain him so a simple "hey you might want to hold him," would have sufficed, rather than staring at me like I'm an imbecile) 2. this is not my primary vet, I am traveling from Austin, Texas, but provided all of his vaccine records (which he is up to date on) to which the vet jumped to a conclusion that I hadn't vaccinated him at all (maybe assumed I'm an antivaxer because I live in Texas, as she didn't know I'm from California) 3. she insinuated that I had not done my research on my dog's breed prior to getting him (perhaps because I'm in my late 20s and look younger), to which I assured her that I absolutely had 4. she also made me feel incredibly stupid for listening to the recommendations of my dog's breeder and primary veterinarian to not neuter my dog too early 5. prior to the appointment I was of the understanding that my pup was on his last round of core vaccines, per my primary vet's records, but following my appointment I was told that he still needed more, which made no sense unless they did not completely check his record. After reaching out to my primary vet, they clarified that he was in fact on his last round and had I followed the recommendation of this vet, I would have been over-vaccinating. My experience here was such a drastic contrast to my experience at my primary vet that I will be very hesitant to see any other vets in the future. I'd like to add that for a four month old, my pup is actually very well trained, socialized, and behaved for his age, but being restrained has been increasingly hard for him. I have never witnessed behavior like I saw today from him with his vets at home, potentially because they use a lot of positive reinforcement prior to sticking him with a needle, so his reaction was one I was not prepared for. This vet didn't even take a second to say hi to him, give him any treats, or let him adjust to being completely restrained, which from a behavioral perspective, basically set him up for failure, and had I not been so in shock, I probably could have advocated for him better. I am terrified that my dog is now traumatized when it comes to vets. Again the vet-techs were awesome and their help alone would have been deserving of 5 stars, had the stand-in vet not acted like I was an absolutely deplorable dog owner and treated my pup like the baby he actually is. read more