I had to use a new vet this morning my other is out of town and i just noticed a lump on th cavalier that i wanted checked immediatly okay so first problem and this one is with the actualluy vets practice.

All vets try and push the very expensive dog foods onto owners to buy from them so you would think they would use it themselves OHHH NOOO that is very wrong they dont they where feeding the dogs they had in the back recovering from different procedures pedigree dog food and whiska's to the cats. How can they push one product onto the owner and then not use it themselves.

second problem their was a huge mix bred dog in the vets no muzzle and it was trying to attack my cavalier who was in my arms quivering and screaming from fright this dog was in the waiting room and was only there for a vac booster so it wasnt in pain hadnt been poked or proded yet it was just an aggressive dog. When i walked out to grab my hand bag because i had dropped it so i could get my girl quickly into the vets room and away from the mungle i bent down to pick my bag up and then it tried to attack me. Wouldnt it make sense to muzzle a dog like that and wouldnt it make sense for the vet to pass the owner a muzzle so it didnt continue the stupid woman with the dog just laughed and said dont worry he is harmless HARMLESS the dog was throthing at the mouth that does not say harmless to me .

Sorry to hear about your bad experience at the vet's. Hope your dog has recovered from his fright, and that the lump was nothing seriuos.
The vet I use, I have been taking my dogs to for years and years. No upsetting things happen in their waiting room, I think they try to avoid keeping troublemakers waiting, they
are ushered away to wait in a secluded room
If I have an emergency, I might have to use our local Vet-Hospital, since my vet isn't open at night. From experience, I've learnt never to bring my dog in, until we are actually called. You never know what kind of dogs you will encounter there, and I'm rather safe than sorry. The extra time it takes getting the dog from the car, they'll just have to put up with. Besides, the dogs waiting might carry any number of contageous diseases, I'd rather not have my dogs sniffing their floor, while waiting
Good luck, lumps are usually quite harmless,
Karen

yeah it turns out the lumps was an abcess which the vet drained and now everything is good except for the poor dear having the life scared out of her and some poo that she left on the table

Glad to hear it was nothing too serious! Good for your dog on leaving them something to remember her by Still, I'm aware she did this from fright, and honestly think you should think twice before taking her to this vet again. Hope she'll forget this episode quickly!
Karen

What she needs now is some positive exposure to other dogs to counteract this nasty experience, so the sooner you can get her into training/socialisation classes the better.