Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Unfortunately that would be illegal here Douglas, with a potential prison sentence if you were prosecuted. It's also likely that you would maim your pet if you don't know what you're doing. Green dream [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentobarbitone] really is the most humane way to euthanase an animal. Tigger is still alive [Leica content]: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/mate/L1001697.jpg.html Marty On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > 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. 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