I worked at a staffing agency right next to this vet, and one day in August of 2017, while I was outside on the phone, a small chihuahua ran by me, scared.to death...as two technicians chased after it... Read More
I worked at a staffing agency right next to this vet, and one day in August of 2017, while I was outside on the phone, a small chihuahua ran by me, scared.to death...as two technicians chased after it...they were literally trying to corner this scared dog at the end of the strip mall I worked at, and I told them to stop and brought over a piece of pretzel I had been eating, knelt down (one of the techs started talking loudly to the dog again and grabbing for it, I told her kindly to be quiet...), and started talking gently to the pup while offering the piece of pretzel. "It's okay bud, it's okay, you're okay, come on buddy..". He came right to me...at that point I handed him back over the techs, who were dramatically panting (from RUNNING FULL SPEED at this poor dog, in a busy parking lot, next to freaking 181st and Halsey in Portland. One of the busiest roads around! I could go on and on...but 1. The fact a vet clinic even let a dog ESCAPE from its facility is ridiculous enough (the owner was not outside at the time...which is weird in-and-of-itself..and lead me to believe the owner wasn't there at all and didn't know this was happening..?) 2. The fact that these CERTIFIED VET TECHS' solution to letting a dog escape was full on Forest Gump chasing it in a REALLY busy parking lot... 3. The way they acted SO relieved once I got the dog back for them was so weird. They were like giggling ..."OMG..thank you!!!" ::panting dramatically and rolling their eyes while laughing::...
I don't know...it all rubbed me the wrong way... Read Less