I remember from around 30 years ago a funny story when we didn't always put written prescription labels on everything like Pyrantel wormer, we would send it home for the owners to give if the pet would get car sick on the way home and the doctor told the owner to give the pyrantel wen she got home later on and the owner called back a few weeks later saying she still was seeing the worms and she said Doc I gave the medicine up his butt just like you said.

Audry C. | Imperial Animal Hospital

I was working on a pretty aggressive chihuahua for anal glands and a nail trim. He just kept submissive peeing and pooping. I grabbed my vet to get help hold to get him to calm down. We finally got into a spot where he was wagging his tail and letting me clip his nails is he was in my doctors arms. I was going to tell my doctor “This is going well! When I opened my mouth to talk, he peed a direct line right into my open mouth. I spit it out so fast back at my doctor and she was laughing so hard. It was way too funny.

Katie M. | University of Illinois VTH

I work in North Carolina and was visiting my family in Ohio for the holidays. I thought I had scheduled off for New Years Eve. I did not! Needless to say I got a call that morning asking if I was planning on coming in. Panic set in for several minutes after realizing my mistake. What made it worse was that my shift would be over before I could make the 8 hour commute back. Luckily I had a great coworker who covered for me and my boss told me not to worry about it and to enjoy the rest of my trip. Years later I still get jokes about if I am planning on coming to work around the New year.

Nathan S. | Wake County Animal Center

We had an appointment scheduled for check bloody mass. Turns out it was just a red jolly rancher.

Erin S. | Market Street

I am a technician at PAH and I have been around numerous dogs of all sizes. But the funniest thing that ever happened was a 5 pound chihuahua charged at me from the kennel and as I picked my hand up to block my face he latched on to my hand and hung on like his life depended on it.. during this moment as he was hanging from my hand all we could do was laugh and laugh. (Never been bit prior notice after) but this little chihuahua showed me he was boss.. ( he was not hurt or traumatized during this) but yes if you would have been there you would still be laughing at me after all those years from when it happened.

Carrie Hampton. | Palmetto Animal Hospital

OK Picture this a German shepherd is brought into the hospital pale and lethargic after diagnostics its determined that there is a ruptured splenic tumor. The patient is rushed into surgery for splenic removal on a typical short staffed day. We only have a doctor and one technician in the Surgery room. Long story made short, while I'm holding the 7 lb mass and spleen while the doctor is tying off all the vessels, unbeknownst to me my scrub pants have fallen down to my ankles. So after 2 hours of cramping arms and surgery my hospital manager comes to check on us and asked how long my pants have been down, mind you I am still scrubbed and gowned up holding onto the spleen and tumor. I have the awkward task of asking her to pull my pants up. The end

Randy H. | Scottsdale Ranch Animal Hospital

One of my best stories is when I was working on an enema for a feline patient. This patient was very constipated and the Veterinarian said there was a hard plug of stool near the end of the colon that could not be manually reached to try and soften. I inserted the 14fr red rubber catheter and gave the enema and as I’m removing the red rubber Catheter a round stool about 2 inches wide comes out skewered about half way down the red rubber! My face and the assistants face after we figured out what happened was hilarious! I have never done that and probably never will be able to again! The Veterinarian was very happy we got the hard stool out!

Lindsey J. | The Cat Care Clinic

I have been working in vet med for only 20 years. Some of my funniest stories come from our clients. The look on their faces when you tell them its just a nipple or here are your red thong underwear back they cost you thousands of dollars.

Karen R. | Countryside Vet Center

Many years ago while I was working for an exoitic vet a woman came in with her newly adopted ferret. This was her first pet ferret, and so I went in before the doctor to give her the basics of ferret care and when I walked in she was holding the ferret in the are kissing it's abdomen over and over saying "mommy just wuvs you". I held back my laughter as she held the poor creature up to me exposing his abdomen and said: "He just has the cutest little belly button, doesn't he? I just can't stop kissing it." I am sure I turned bright red as I calmly explained that the small bump she was kissing was not, in-fact, his belly button, before quickly explaining ferret anatomy and trying not to stutter as I transition into basic health care. She turned bright red herself and could not look me in the eye for the rest of the visit. She had that ferret for many years after and still came to us at the vet, but she never kissed its "belly button" again.

Jennifer Lynn B.

One day last week, I was expressing anal glands on the floor in one of our exam rooms. Just as they started to express, one of our doctors walked in. She was wearing flats, with no socks. I accidentally covered both of her feet with anal gland juice. We all had a good laugh, and avoided her the rest of the day :)

Scott | Veterinary Center of Morris County

Just this week, Cari was taking care of a very nervous patient, who would not tolerate being put in a kennel. He had his exam with our DVM and Cari was waiting for her instructions while the DVM spoke with the client. The patient squatted to poop which Cari noticed immediately and began the cleanup process. As she leaned down to clean up the pile, the patient squatted again... and again, and again. Two other staff members joined in helping the cleanup so Cari could focus on keeping the patient calm and in one spot. She moved to another section of the treatment area and the cycle started again. After about five minutes,Cari was surrounded by small poop mines and the treatment area was completely pooped. Not to mention the patient started clinging to Cari for comfort and left more than one streak on her pant leg is the process!

Susan S. | Berwick Animal Hospital

The doctor I used to work with was palpating a very swollen leg with pitting edema on an English Bulldog. The leg ruptured with a cottage cheese type material all over the exam room, the doctor, and the owner. The owner started vomiting and had to leave the room. It stunk so bad that the hospital smelled like the discharge the rest of the day.

Katie R.

We had a client call in to tell us that her rooster had been attacked by a coyote. She said his neck was broken and his head was hanging down. She had started lifting his head for him so that he could eat and drink. We had him come in and his neck was in a toilet paper roll with his head peaking out the top. The mom said it gave him enough support that he could walk around and flirt with the lady chickens and he could peck at his grain again. We improved it by cutting a few holes and sent him home with some pain medication as the owner didn't want to euthanize as long as he was eating and interested in his hens. It was the funniest thing to see him with his toilet paper roll neck brace.

Gina H. | Parkway Pet Hospital

Having a "chatty cathy" at the clinic can be very entertaining at times and cringe worthy at others. Our big talker, Morgan, was helping with a very energetic dog that was getting a nail trim. The patient was not happy at all with the idea of having his feet touched. So Morgan was holding onto his backend while another tech was holding his front and talking to him so that he wasn't as scared about what was going on. At some point, while facing the backend of the pet and talking to someone in the facility observing what was going on, the pet expressed his anal glands while wagging his tail vigorously and slung anal gland material onto Morgan's face and into her mouth. With the procedure only half way done all Morgan could do was drool out of her mouth and hold on until the nail trim was completed and the dog was cleaned up. After the whole procedure was done Morgan ran to the skin table and started flushing her mouth out. She said it was the worst experience in her life. She was a little more quiet the rest of the day but back to her normal self in the morning. The most notable difference was any time she was holding the backend of a dog for any procedure she was noticeably quiet. I guess you could say lesson learned.

Jennifer C.

I told a client who had a dog that was chewing on her rectum to use an ecollar. Which they did but they put it around the waist covering the rectum and tail area instead of around the neck...

Kellie P. | Buzzards Bay Vet Associates

1st year out of tech school I had a client that came in and wanted us to do a vasectomy on her cat. Her reason... She did not want to deprive him of his fun but was opposed to bringing more unwanted kittens into the world. 30 years later that is still with me. We did not do it.

Peggy G. | The Drake Center for Veterinary Care

I was working on a pretty aggressive chihuahua for anal glands and a nail trim. He just kept submissive peeing and pooping. I grabbed my vet to get help hold to get him to calm down. We finally got into a spot where he was wagging his tail and letting me clip his nails is he was in my doctors arms. I was going to tell my doctor “This is going well! When I opened my mouth to talk, he peed a direct line right into my open mouth. I spit it out so fast back at my doctor and she was laughing so hard. It was way too funny.

Hannah M. | Holstein Veterinary Clinic

Because Holloween is approaching and its vet tech week I decided on this story. I work with some wonderful doctors, one of which is a little on a jumpy. One day after I received a large piece of equipment in a large box I decided to play a trick on this particular doctor. I hid inside the box in one of our exam rooms with the lights off, the other technician I work with asked the doctor to step into. After the doctor walked into the room I jumped out of the box and yelled. My poor doctor screamed and ran out of the room. Everyone had a big laugh and now that doctor is always suspicious when large boxes arrive to our department.

Hannah M. | Holstein Veterinary Clinic

My now 7 year old use to come to work with me when he was in preschool. After his hours we would go to work. And he so loved it. My amazing employers gave him "jobs". Fast forward 2 years later I am walking with him in our local forest while his brother plays soccer and he goes after some work conversation: Glad to know things are going good since my job is gone. It makes me laugh because he says he got fired...oh but no...you went to school! This week he gets to come to work again, and resume his position... :) In his first grade "what do you want to be" Response: "A Vet Tech"....Oh my heart...I

Crystal R. | Old North End Vet Clinic/Vet2Pet Mobile

We had a client who came in with this beautiful white fluffy Maltese mix. I grabbed his records and proceeded to vaccinate the patient and talk with the client about preventatives and spaying the patient. Then out of the blue the owner stopped and had with quizzical expression on his face. He asked me if we could transplant a different tail on his dog. He stated that he did not like the dogs tail and would prefer the tail to be pink. PINK! AND HE WAS SO SERIOUS! I couldn't believe it, but I stayed calm and told him that we were unable to transplant the patients tail. He refused to accept that as an answer and demanded that I get the Veterinarian on staff. Now our only Vet on staff was knuckles deep in a spay and could not stop, so I explained the situation and was told exactly what I'd already told the client. So here I go again back into the exam room to tell the client the same thing the Dr. stated. I even told him that he could just dye the tail pink. He refused to believe that we couldn't do a transplant and he was getting very upset. I still refused to be riled and said I would express his desires to the doctor and if he knew of anywhere else this could be performed. So I found myself talking with the doctor... again. He stopped and looked at me, and asked who the client was. Upon my answer he grinned and told me we could keep the dog over night for the transplant tomorrow. I was dumbfounded. I went back to the exam room and started discussing sedation with the owner and leaving the patient with us before the owner started cracking up. The doctor came in behind me laughing his butt off. They were friends and playing me! The client complimented me on staying calm and serious. I was so relieved! We all laughed and joked while the doctor performed his PE on the patient and sent him home Tail and all!

Belinda C. | Animal Care Clinic

Had a client call to make an appointment because she was concerned her dog had bugs. When she arrived to her appointment, we examined the dog, unable to find any bugs. We asked the owner to tell us where she saw the bugs and she pointed to his nipples. Told her that what they were, she did not believe me, said her dog was a male and he shouldn't have nipples. Had the Dr. explain that males have nipples and ask, "Doesn't your husband have nipples?" It was pretty funny, still laughing to this day.

Emily H. | Kimberly Pines Veterinary Hospital

Working a crazy Saturday night at the emergency clinic dealing with 1 patient after another. When a cat gets brought back to be evaluated for a urinary blockage. Of course the cat wanted to kill us ... understandable but not one of my cat patients. I was heading up front to get a stat ok for treatment and quickly called it for the cats name. Duh its "Church" yelled out someone. Great walked up front to a full lobby and yelled out multiple times... "Church. Can I get Curch's owner? ". Just blank stares. Walked back in the back always frustrating when you can't find and owner. Asked if anyone knew where Church's owner went. Everyone laughed ... ok fill me in. The cats name was Smokey...Church is the cat from pet cemetary. 􀀁​♀️So embarrassing...but I did chuckle. 􀀁​

Misti S. | Inver Grove Heights Animal Hospital

Anal glands...stinky right??!!! But how do they taste??? Hard to express anal gland, ever find yourself trying to see what is going on and why it is not expressing?? Well, I was peeking and talking (of course) and it blew, it blew all over my face on the wall behind me and into my mouth. It was as horrible as it smells. I thought the assistant restraining for me was going to fall over laughing. Looking back it is so funny and I do still catch myself wanting to peek!!

Beth C. | Venice Pines Veterinary Clinics

We had just euthanized a large dog. We were transferring him to a gurney to wheel him out of the room and as we were lifting him, a huge amount of bloody diarrhea came pouring out of him all the way down my leg and plopped like a big mud pie onto the top of my shoe. My friend that had the front half of the dog and I started laughing to the point of tears because that's all we could do at that point. Later that night a bunch of the clinic staff went to a comedy club for someone's bachelorette party. The comedy sports people pointed us out because we we were a scheduled group and asked me directly (I don't know why) how my day was at work. When I said what had happened, no one in the audience laughed.

Stacey A.

I was on a house call euthanasia with my boss. He was dressed in his coveralls and muck boots and I was wearing my regular uniform. We used to have to wear white pants and white shoes. Normally this wouldn’t have been an issue except that the owners wanted us to do everything next to the grave they had dug up in the woods. It was the end of March and all the snow had been melting so it was a muddy mess. We had a few blankets and towels with us so I figured at least I had that to keep me somewhat clean. We hiked up into the woods and everything went smoothly with the procedure. My boss always offers to help the owner with moving the body if they would like. They were very happy to have our help in placing the 170 lb dog in the grave. We each took a corner of the blanket and started to lower him in the ground and the next thing I knew, I was under the dog in the grave in my nice white pants and shoes!! I felt terrible until the owners started laughing and then my boss started laughing at me sitting in a muddy hole with a Saint Bernard on top of me.

Christie M. | Perkiomen Animal Hospital

Once the doctor was leaning over explaining the CCL to a client and let out a fart that was louder than expected. Without skipping a beat the doctor blamed the dog and kept on with the education lesson! The client looked at me and we were both very clearly failing to keep a straight face.

Monica S.

Once upon a time we had a Boxer come in for a visit because it had been vomiting. After xrays were taken, we discovered a cylindrical-shaped object in the intestines. The doctor showed the xrays to the client, who had no idea what their dog could have ingested. The decision was made to take their dog to surgery to remove the foreign object. While assisting the doctor in surgery, and monitoring the patient under anesthesia, the doctor make her incision into the small intestines, which startled me! She screams and jumps away from the dog, as a snake head pops out from the pressure. Upon further inspection we realize that it is a rubber snake! A toy! But with the patients respirations under anesthesia, the snake looked real, and appeared to be moving. The patient recovered wonderfully. The owners had no interest in getting the foreign object back, so the doctor cleaned it, and saved it, as the most interesting foreign body surgery ever!

Sherri A.