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by AKGeorgias mom on 03 February 2010 - 19:02
Got this link from a trainer friend of mine - this took place in Houston, Alaska (not Texas). They didn't give local rescues the chance to find the animals homes until it was too late.
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/matsu/story/1121874.html#Comments_Container
Opal
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/matsu/story/1121874.html#Comments_Container
Opal
by mobjack on 03 February 2010 - 21:02
That is pretty bad.
I have no objections to shooting as euthanasia. When done properly, it is painless and very quick. Problem is, it makes a mess. Yes, the needle is a preferred choice but that's just as easily screwed up and not IHMO as quick and painless as a bullet. If it was then why do so many vets sedate before delivering the final dose and why are owners warned of the possibility that the dog may cry out?
Sounds like a lot of people dropped the ball. Those animals should have been given a chance with rescue. I hope somebody gets fired.
I have no objections to shooting as euthanasia. When done properly, it is painless and very quick. Problem is, it makes a mess. Yes, the needle is a preferred choice but that's just as easily screwed up and not IHMO as quick and painless as a bullet. If it was then why do so many vets sedate before delivering the final dose and why are owners warned of the possibility that the dog may cry out?
Sounds like a lot of people dropped the ball. Those animals should have been given a chance with rescue. I hope somebody gets fired.
by Michigantrainer on 04 February 2010 - 11:02
Hopefully, the community will be more aware of the pets at the shelter. Go hold those owners responsible that allowed the dog to be lose or could not take care of them. The chain of events started where. BREEDER and OWNER. How can the people hold the police and shelter responisble. There was no abuse or mistreatment. They kill animals in that state everyday with guns. For that matter everwhere in this country. Just ask a hunter.
by VomRuiz on 05 February 2010 - 01:02
I'm with you there mobjack
by tuffscuffleK9 on 05 February 2010 - 15:02
When it comes to putting down an old friend whether, canine, feline, equine . . . it is always emotional. I have seen many botched attempts all were ugly and the second attempt was really bad.
The latest was a horse, Buck, we had for years and he had reached the point where it was cruel to let him live. We called the vet and he agreed to put him down. I'm not sure of the drug names but he gave him two. The first a sedative so he would lay down the second the death drug. WELL, what we didn't know was he did not bring enough of the death drug for the horse's size but gave him what he had and left.
We all went to bed that night. The next morning my wife went out to say her final farewell to Buck and with a groan he raised his head up. She nearly crapped in her pants, he was supposed to be dead. While I was trying to get in contact with the vet, Buck, who had been left in an open pasture (as you would a "dead Horse") wandered down to the lake fell in and drown. The vet said "due to his having brain damage from the drugs."
TRUST ME - NEXT HORSE to be put down I'm USING A GUN NOT A VET (UNLESS ON BOTH)
Nothing could have been crueler on Buck or our family.
Oh! The Vet. He got fired from that practice.
Tuff
The latest was a horse, Buck, we had for years and he had reached the point where it was cruel to let him live. We called the vet and he agreed to put him down. I'm not sure of the drug names but he gave him two. The first a sedative so he would lay down the second the death drug. WELL, what we didn't know was he did not bring enough of the death drug for the horse's size but gave him what he had and left.
We all went to bed that night. The next morning my wife went out to say her final farewell to Buck and with a groan he raised his head up. She nearly crapped in her pants, he was supposed to be dead. While I was trying to get in contact with the vet, Buck, who had been left in an open pasture (as you would a "dead Horse") wandered down to the lake fell in and drown. The vet said "due to his having brain damage from the drugs."
TRUST ME - NEXT HORSE to be put down I'm USING A GUN NOT A VET (UNLESS ON BOTH)
Nothing could have been crueler on Buck or our family.
Oh! The Vet. He got fired from that practice.
Tuff
by Two Moons on 05 February 2010 - 17:02
Some shelters only keep animals for a week.
If done correctly it is not inhumane.
Some of the alternatives can be harder on an animal.
It's just hard to watch for some, and not seeing leaves too much room for the imagination.
Granted, anything a human can do, can also not be done well.
I am not upset over the article.
Sorry,
Moons.
If done correctly it is not inhumane.
Some of the alternatives can be harder on an animal.
It's just hard to watch for some, and not seeing leaves too much room for the imagination.
Granted, anything a human can do, can also not be done well.
I am not upset over the article.
Sorry,
Moons.
by mobjack on 06 February 2010 - 00:02
by Prager on 06 February 2010 - 02:02
tuffscuffleK9
You made me cry.
That vet is lucky that it was not my horse.
Oh my God!
Prager Hans
You made me cry.
That vet is lucky that it was not my horse.
Oh my God!
Prager Hans
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