I took my two miniature Schnauzers into this vet and had a terrible experience.
We went into the examining room and I held the boy dog while the girl assistant took his temperature and I told her that he sometimes gets scared and tries to nip at vets. He doesn t like most men especially if they have deep voices. I had never met Dr. Overlie before but was sure that he would take a few minutes and greet my dogs so they would feel more comfortable. But he just walked in and didn t greet them. He is a very big man with a deep voice, so it was scary to them. They had me hold my other dog while the assistant put him on the table. When Dr. Overlie started feeling all over his body my dog got scared and tried to bite and get away. Instead of letting him go, the vet assistant tried to hold him and twisted his collar which choked him. He made strangling sounding yelps..This just made him more scared and he peed and pooped all over and yelped from being choked. I thought she was going to strangle him and was horrified. It all happened so fast, while I am yelling NO NO. She finally dropped him to the floor (which could have hurt him too) and let him go. They handed me a muzzle and I put it on him but I insisted to hold him after that. He did fine with me holding him, but was so scared by then. He didn't even feel the needle that the vet put in his lump to get a sample to test. My other dog was shaking all over just from witnessing what Noni went through.
If the vet assistant had given me the soft muzzle to begin with, and let me hold him this would have never happened. The vet also should take a moment to greet the animals. Especially if they are scared or temperamental.
I had gone in for a check up for both dogs, and realized later that Dr. Overlie didn t even look at their teeth which need attention.
The only good thing that came out of this experience was that my dogs test came back negative and the lump was just fatty tissue. I will never go back to this vet again, and would not recommend him to anyone that has miniature Schnauzers, or that might be fearful or temperamental animals. read more