How long can one remain a dog lover

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[robby hh]

Was amused by the "put down humanely" bit

I have only once seen a vet "put a dog down" and after that I promised myself I would never let it happen to one of my dogs, and for those who have never seen the operation I will tell you about it.

I was talking to our loval vet one day when a woman pulled up in a car and got out with an old dog that was obviously in pain, she told the vet the dog had stopped eating and was there anything he could do.

He picked the dog up and took it inside and put it on the table and I followed along. It didnt take much of an exam before he told the woman that there was nothing he could do and that the dog had come to the end of its life and the best thing was to put it down.

She had obviously come to the same conclusion and already said her goodby's. He asked her if she would hold the dog and she said no she would wait in the car and could he put it in a cardbourd box and bring it out to the car and she would take it home and bury it in her garden.

The vet asked me if I would hold the dog, it was sitting on the table with its ears flat and tail between its legs obvoiusly very scared.
I tried to sooth it as best I could but it was termbling and when he started the clippers to remove some hair to find a vain the trembling got worse and I had trouble holding it. When the needle went in there was sharp flinch of pain then as the drug took hold it sank to the table.

Humain my sweaty bum.

I never did take a dog that had come to the end of its life to a vet but had the intestinal fortatude to do it myself.

All my dogs were used to seeing a rifle, to hunting dogs it means great we are going hunting, something they love. I would take a dog that had come to the end of its life out into the orchard give it a few last pats and with a good dog a tear or two then put a 22 bullet streight down into the top of the head. Death in every case was instant with no stress whatsoever, far better than the vets way.

I never would advocate going out in the streets and shooting at dogs as one poster seemed to suggest but in a controled way it is by far the best.

[redzonerocker]

I never would advocate going out in the streets and shooting at dogs as one poster seemed to suggest but in a controled way it is by far the best.

so what you are advocating or suggesting ?
that vets should employ this method of termination or that dog owners should get themselves a gun for when the time comes ??

with all the emotional attachment involved with pets, animal lovers in general, can't quite see that catching on

[DawnHRD]

Was amused by the "put down humanely" bit

I have only once seen a vet "put a dog down" and after that I promised myself I would never let it happen to one of my dogs, and for those who have never seen the operation I will tell you about it.
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The vet asked me if I would hold the dog, it was sitting on the table with its ears flat and tail between its legs obvoiusly very scared.
I tried to sooth it as best I could but it was termbling and when he started the clippers to remove some hair to find a vain the trembling got worse and I had trouble holding it. When the needle went in there was sharp flinch of pain then as the drug took hold it sank to the table.

Humain my sweaty bum.

I never did take a dog that had come to the end of its life to a vet but had the intestinal fortatude to do it myself.

All my dogs were used to seeing a rifle, to hunting dogs it means great we are going hunting, something they love. I would take a dog that had come to the end of its life out into the orchard give it a few last pats and with a good dog a tear or two then put a 22 bullet streight down into the top of the head. Death in every case was instant with no stress whatsoever, far better than the vets way.

So, based on one case of a dog you didn't even know, you're an expert on whether euthanasia by injection is humane or not? Jeeze.

You have no idea whether this dog was always stressed by vets, was stressed by the sudden disappearance of it's owner & appearance of you (someone it didn't know) or even whether its trembling was a symptom of its illness, have you? And there was a flinch of pain as the needle went in was there? A .22 bullet is much less painful than a needle, I take it? Both momentary pains, but the needle is a damn sight smaller.

I have been present at the euthanasia of tens, maybe even a hundred or more, dogs. Only two have really distressed me, as in both cases the dogs fought the drugs. I stay with every single dog we put to sleep until they go, and in the vast majority of cases it is calm and peaceful.

As for shooting, if you're a very good shot & the animal doesn't move, it would be a quick (but hardly painless!) death. The suffering you could cause, by your aim being off, just a little, doesn't bear thinking about.