Cujo lived up to his name yesterday

Poor baby. I feel for him.
 
I once had a dog just the same. I had to give him a sedative a few minutes before we went for a blood draw to keep him clamn.
The blood draw is nec to see if their is any sign of heartworm, and to see that their organs are not being overloaded with toxins.
 
I would take him to the vet's office just for a visit and treat him with his favorite yummies in the whole world. He eventually was not as bad as he was in the begining and a little more braver as time went on. I also found out if I let the vet tech hold him and not talk to him or make contact trying to reasure him, he was much calmer, but the minute I chimed in or touched him while they were trying to do the blood draw, he would come unglued. What he was doing was picking up on my apprehention and anxiety over the whole issue and acting out from it. I don't know if you are touching him or talking to Cujo while they are working on him, but if you are try to not interact with him until it is over with to see if that helps.
Give him a hug for me. Poor baby. I feel so bad for them when they freak out over stuff.

We started out with me holding him and when that didn't work she got the tech to hold him. I started to leave the room  but the vet said not to.So I was there but kept my mouth shut.  I think she was trying to cover her butt  because afterwards she said she was glad I didn't leave so I knew she wasn't beating him.
I did think of that because he is so good at the groomers and I get nowhere fast. I use to complain about the cost of his grooming until I tried it myself.  Now I leave a bigger tip. Maybe next time I will explain this to her and give it a try.

Aww, poor Cujo!!
My previous dog, Reese did not like going to the vet.  He loved our actual vet, b/c when he would see him without his smock he would be great, as soon as he came back with his smock on the growling and shedding would start! Reese would be muzzled during the actual exam but we also would give him a mild sedative about 20 minutes before his appointment before we left the house.  It seemed to help, at least I felt that he wasn't about to pop a blood vessel when we walked into the vet's office.  Also, as he got older, he had some acupuntcure done for some back issues he was having.  He grew to love the sessions and that helped him stay relaxed when going to the vet's office for other visits.  I agree with forpaws, if you can just take him in and not have anything done to him it may get him to relax some when you actually do have to have a procedure done.

Good luck!

so I knew she wasn't beating him.

 
I don't understand a comment like that. 
 
I find that Willow does 10x's better with the exam if I'm not in the room.  I think part of the aggression is they are also thinking they need to "protect" not only themselves but also US. 
 
I try to stay and help out but if she gets really wound up, I leave.  I have to say, I don't like doing that but most of the time it does really help. 

I'd be very tempted to give a mild sedative (hide a tablet in cheese) shortly before the trip.  You don't want him sleepy, just relaxed.  I dunno if this helps, but when I was socializing my first dog, we made lots of  trips to the vet when he DIDN'T have a real appointment.  We would stop by, get on the scale, walk through the waiting area during luls in business and if we caught the vet between his patients, he'd come out and pet my dog a lot and give a treat.  My dog grew to love the vet like crazy.  It was one of his fave places, and the vet appreciated a socialized dog so he didn't mind comming out on occasion to 'visit' in the waiting room. A weekly visit took about five mins and the benefits lasted a lifetime.  We did the same thing at groomers, and petfood stores, public places where dogs are welcome. Hope this helps, good luck ....   Jules

Funny you should mention that Jules.

Both Dilly and Beau like going to the vets and have no problems with it since I also would do the same with them. Dilly gets too excited to do what Beau was taught to do.
Get on the scale then have a seat in a chair in the waiting room. Everyone gets a kick out of that.
Here is Beau.

Aawww whotta cutiebaby!  [][][] Jules

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 As soon as he seen the needle he started screaming and trying to get away.

Go out and buy yourself a box of syringes (pharmacy or vets office) and start carrying one around with you ALL the time and totally ignore any reactions from the dog.  (You can remove the needle if you worry about poking someone - the dog won't know the difference.)

Once the dog is desensitized to SEEING the syringe you can start to work on touching the dog with the syringe (NO needle).  Make it a game.

Once the dog is ok with that you go back to just seeing the syringe - but you do this at the vets office.  Stop in and just have a vet tech walk up to the dog with a syringe and then walk away.  Keep this up until the dog could care less - and then give lots of treats.

Thanks for all the great suggestions, We will definitely be working on this.He has a upset stomach right now and the vet tech thought was a combination of shots and because it was so traumatic for him. He is getting better. he is keeping bland food down but still has loose stools. Whatever I can do to help him is worth a try.I just have to wait until  he recovers.
The first 2 days after the vet visit he just wasn't his usual playful self then yesterday he was refusing  food water and  having loose stools. In the evening he started drinking and this morning  he ate bland diet. Does this really sound like it could be a Nervous reaction? I kinda find hard to believe took two days to get to the worst stage,