I'd be worried about "germs" like people mentioned, but I'd also be worried about safety. When Rover decides to launch across the room and try to mix it up with one of my dogs, I would prefer they don't have a lot of traction to pull their unaware owner off their chair and within reach of my dogs. A nice smooth floor can prevent a lot of dog fights.
Melissa Thom Webboard User Reg: 12-04-2007
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I still might refuse the waiting room facilities with my puppies, though. If I had any.
I don't know ... it sounds much much worse than just public paths, etc., for puppies. It sounds like concentrated disease.
Oh I totally agree. My dogs never touch the floor in most vet offices. It's kind of the advantage of weighing 4-8lbs. I'm just saying that if the expertise of the vet outweighed the risk I'd go for it. A decent vet is so hard to find. A ratty carpet I might complain about but often times the vet working there has not a lot of input into the way the office looks.
My current vet does have those industrial rubber backed carpets in his waiting area on the walking paths for dogs that have a hard time on smooth surfaces. The rest of the place is some kind of stone tile. He's pretty unique among vets around here though in that he owns the entire facility. Most vets don't own their building or the business.
Thanks all. I can't imagine what this vet is thinking. For sure I won't be using them.
And maybe tell him?
It could have been a spectacularly glaring oversight. I guess.
I certainly could contact the vet and mention my concern about the carpet. Its entirely possible that some of their clients have the same concern about it but no one has spoken up. That kind of thing happens all the time.
They describe it as the new facility. Not new as in just built, but new as in a replacement for the old clinic. I don't know when this one might have been built but it looks like it has been there for a while.
If I end up chatting with them about the carpet, the mystery of why it is there might be solved. Maybe they will give some thought to taking it out.
I also see the merit in what Melissa Thom said in an earlier post about considering the quality of the vet vs certain attributes of the facility.
Still its hard to get past the thought of bringing my dog there at the end of the day knowing that countless sick dogs have been sitting on that carpet, or worse.
A Vet's office waiting room being carpeted makes as much sense as a men's room stall being carpeted....
< insert "ewwww" sound here >
Oh man, that visual is gonna cost you a star... Rats.
Someone could just print out this topic and mail it the veterinarian in discussion with a happy face on a post-it. That should make things clear enough.
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