Resident cat in the Vet's office

Our vet clinic has a "clinic cat."  He's a huge, white, fluffy, arrogant monster named Mao.  He strolls through waiting room, & reception area as if he owns them.  I have never seen a dog make a move toward him.  I'm not sure if it's a situation where I just haven't been there to witness it, or if the cat, who has no fear of dogs, just doesn't look like he'd be fun to mess with. 

There are a few vets offices that have resident cats and dogs around here.  The E-vet has a big glass enclosure and a glass catwalk that the cats go around some parts of the clinic in.  They are the resident cats and the blood donors.

Our clinic has always had a "clinic cat" that had access to the waiting area and reception.  I've never had a problem with it, and actually considered it good socialization for pups! I don't own cats, but because of that kitty (and one other at a local pet supply store), Kash is quite socialized to kitties and will meet them nose to nose. 

 Holy poop and thank the Lord my vet doesn't have a resident cat - it would be dead if it wandered near B.  I do not say this proudly just matter of fact.  He has gotten riled up because there was a cat in a carrier in the waiting room with us, gone nuts at the surgeon's because a cat had just left the waiting area and when I went to board him years ago there was a cat in a separate room that had a glass door.  he was totally distracted by the scent and I spoke to the person at the counter asking about a cat and she told me where it was, I said let's hope he doesn't figure out where the scent is coming from, no such luck he launched himself into the glass door which fortunately held.

Personally I think it is unreasonable for anyone to expect a cat sharp dog to behave in close quarters with a cat

sl2crmeg

Shoot, my vet has office DOGS. They all know Pirate doesn't play nice, though :P

(Meg & I use the same vet)  Over in Deland he used to have TWO office cats and one office dog.  One of the cats was just imperious and 'watched' everything.  The other cat was everbuddy's best bud.  He and my Foxy had a truly special relationship (and Foxy had never been socialized wtih cats).  I always insisted everyone be respectful and it was a good opportunity for mine TO be socialized with cats.  And I cried (literally) when that cat went over the Bridge.

Usually the cats know they can escape up over the counter into the receptionist's domain if a dog isn't friendly.

 But yeah -- Dr. B's cats occasionally went into the rooms but would shoo easily if you didn't want them around.

But hey -- a vet never knows when he's gonna need a "cat scan" -- (ducking)

Our vet has a resident cat also. His name is Weber. He was found by someone going out for a walk. He had been badly burned and tortured. He required a lot of surgery to fix his rear end, and he lost his tail. Horrible horrible situation, and I don't think they ever found who did it. The vet spent so much time and money fixing him, they didn't want to give him up.

Anyway, he mostly hangs out behind the reception area, but I have seen him wander through the waiting room. 

 i foster for a siamese cat rescue group (you're gonna love this story) and we have a foster whose husband is a vet.

Last spring we had a call about 2 young siamese dumped at a shelter. Both cats were terrified and the young bluepoint male was ill. They both got accepted into Siamese Rescue and the foster who is married to a vet got them.

The young male, named Grayer, was terribly ill. Upon examination it was found he had bladder cystitis.  This young male had most likely been beat from peeing on the floor due to his hand fear. And it's thought he'd always lived in a cage (possibly due to peeing issues). Rather than have him treated the owner dumped them both.

This cat, left untreated, had developed a small hard bladder and could only hurt urine for a short time. He was virtually unadoptable, wouldn't survive refuge living as he needed regular vet care and was terrified at living free in a house BUT he loved being in the clinic.

He is now a clinic cat and he enjoys hanging out with the dogs in the clinic and greets every new cat coming in.

The shelter staff adore him...he got lucky.

The animal hospital also has a resident cat. A beautiful white cat named Tank. I'm not sure of his history but I believe he has a disease that makes him unadoptable due to the amount of vet visits he would need in a regular household. He hangs out behind the counter, comes out to see if the dogs are cat friendly, if not, he goes in to an office or the back room. The same hospital features adoptable cats/kittens in their waiting room. They have a LARGE cage to house the cats and they get plenty of lovin's. Lol.

Our vet had a resident cat. You'd see her(him?) in the reception area sometimes. If my dog noticed the cat, he never acknowledged it. But our vet's office was a small business, and it's not all that unusual for small business owners in my area to bring to pets to work with them, so it's not surprising to me. I've been in several stores where the owners brought their dogs in. The dogs were generally well-behaved.

My old vet had a big fat cat that they took in because it was so fat that she talked the people into giving it up...to save its life.   The vet clinic that I worked at had one that just stayed in the back...never came out except for I would take Tiger for a walk around the front occasional and tell him I was taking him on vacation.   I interviewed at a clinic close to my house in the spring that had a couple of cats and a couple of dogs that were there....the cats were anywhere..you never knew when or where they were going to show up. Thats Ohio... so not down south.

My old vet had 2 resident cats and our current vet has a cat and a boston terrier. Magnus does not like the boston.

but my others are fine with the resident pets.