Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]While trying not to be grotesque and overly upsetting to pet lovers, the harsh reality of life and death is you have to be pragmatic when a pet is distressed and nearing the end of life. Most vets pile on the drugs, hope for a peaceful end, or else administer an injection which - while compassionate and a sop to the mores of modern society - costs unnecessary money. Better to go for a swift certainty and take a final stand behind your sick pet. Swiftly strike it with a shovel or other heavy implement which will put it out of its pain. It doesn't expect it from you, and any pain is brief. Horrific I know, but at least its end is quick and certain, and any suffering is short. I'd want such a finish myself - as long as I don't realise it's going to happen... Your opinion might vary. Douglas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Lorenzo" <gregj_lorenzo at hotmail.com> To: "Leica Users Group LUG" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2010 2:27 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Deer and Goose > > I was shocked at how much cost of pet hospitalization had gone up in the > last decade here. In the end it was irrelavant as the gold in the world > can't make a difference if you have a hopeless/terminal case. > > Between the horrific heartache and financial cost no more pets for me > without pet health insurance coverage. > > Greg Lorenzo > Calgary, Canada > > > >> >> I only spent $2,000 before the 5 year old shih tzu died. That was for 1 >> day of care. My vet (ex-vet) was not particularly interested in the cause >> of death. She knows that the dogs are like our children and we are >> willing to pay a great deal of money to save their life, but once the >> pooch has died, the vet bills freeze as did her concern outside of the >> cost of disposal. >> >> Jeffery >> >> On Apr 3, 2010, at 7:43 PM, Greg Lorenzo wrote: >> >>> >>> Jeffery Smith wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> I think that these are still poorly understood diseases. I recall >>>> reading that "dogs cannot get mad cow disease". As a result, cattle >>>> dying from it are candidates for dog food. I gave one of my dogs some >>>> dog treats imported from the country that uses tainted beef in its dog >>>> food, and my dog died of some sort of encephalopathy within the year. >>>> And that dog treat brand disappeared from the shelves of stores for >>>> about 6 months. >>>> >>>> My father was a hospital administrator during the early 1980's. When >>>> AIDS became an entity, early conventional wisdom was that it was caused >>>> by an immune reaction to sperm entering the bloodstream via traumatic >>>> intercourse. Then it was a virus that could not be transmitted by blood >>>> transfusion. These diseases with slow incubation periods lead to some >>>> pretty erroneous assumptions. And science has a tendency to call >>>> something "right" when we are really saying "right, until proven >>>> wrong", and that happens regularly. >>> >>> We lost our 9 YOA Bichon last May to acute renal failure. $10,000 in vet >>> bills later we are still wondering what the H*ll caused this. >>> >>> His food, to my knowledge, was not made by Menu Foods of Toronto which >>> was found to have used tainted wheat gluten from China in their dog food >>> brands in 2007. That error cost several people theirs pets with all the >>> heartbreak that goes along with the death of a family pet. >>> >>> Greg Lorenzo >>> Calgary, Canada >>> _________________________________________________________________ >>> The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars >>> with Hotmail. >>> http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multicalendar&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_5 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail is redefining busy with tools for the New Busy. Get more from your > inbox. > http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_2 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >