Chins in class

[Brittney]

Exactly what I thought. I flipped through the books before hand and I saw they did that, but it only showed handling techniques for guinea pigs, rats hamsters and ferrets. All involved scruffing other than the guinea pig, so I just opted out. If she would let me just demonstrate how to handle one, I would certainly love to teach how, because you never know where they may end up working. From watching my vets, working with them, and with my own experience, I have chin handling pretty down packed. I can certainly ask her, but I wouldn't want to stress him.

But "participation" is part of my grade and that involves bringing something in for the class to learn with. I'm bringing my Rhodie mix in tomorrow for dog restraint... should give them a challenge and should give me my participation grade for the lesson course.

 

[chincinnati]

I would not take my chin anywhere right now, hand sanitizer or not. I would take the F. Best I would do is offer a presentation, with pictures. Mabye use a stuffed animal for the class to practice on (though it wouldn't squirm much!)

 

[AZChins]

You should see my vet handle a chin. He's really great at it, but I think that he is one of those people whom the animals just love just because.

Handling chins is a bit of an art form. I do it without thinking because I literally handle a couple hundred a day! It takes a bit of practice. Just tell the class to never grab a chin around the middle or apply much pressure to any part of the chin. I've seen vets and techs that do not understand that....and I've yelled at them.

 

[Brittney]

Yeah. My class is full of a bunch of idiots that I just have to question why they are even there, We only had one cat today, and even the cat started stressing out by the time everyone was finished with him.

 

[3CsMommy]

Scruffing a chin? Does this idiot not realize, purely from a fur breeding standpoint, that a back of the neck grab like that would ruin the pelt, and then of course the animal? Good thing she's a teacher and not a "real" vet tech I guess. (No offense to the good teachers I know we have on this forum. She's just not one of you.)

 

[starleomach]

There are so many things wrong with this situation. I have brought chinchillas to my mom's school I even had some in my classroom when I taught preschool, but no one can force you to bring an animal. Even with a participation grade you cannot be forced to bring an animal.

 

[stephysaurusrexx]

i was going to school to be a vet tech about a year ago and for our small animal labs we just used stuffed animals and videos and pictures to demonstrate. all of the teachers and professors at the school i go to are actual vets or accountants or chefs or whatever else they teach here, so luckily they all know of the dangers of animals being too stressed or handled too much. my teachers knew that it would be stressful on any and all animals to be handled by a class full of students, so when we did have labs with actual animals (we just did cats and dogs in class) he provided multiple of each so that one cat or dog wouldn't get too stressed or upset. we got extra credit if we brought our own animals into class, but if we brought them they just ran around the room, we didn't have to do any techniques or anything on them.
sorry about your teacher being that ridiculous when it comes to her teachings :[ i'm glad you talked to the dean and i hope she changes her methods and doesn't threaten to fail anyone just because they don't have a certain pet.