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Originally Posted by livingdustmops  Since a dog is property, yes vets have put down heathly dogs based on the instructions of the owners. I am not saying all of them but I do know of a case (actual it was posted on YT) where soimeone dropped off a dog to a vet to euthanize the animal...the vet took the dog..turned around and gave it to someone else. The original owners found out and sued the vet and the vet had to pay. I also know about dogs that were dropped off at animal control in Tucson to be euthanized (they were getting older, or they did not want to pay for medicine etc) and the vet would call me and sneak them out the back door to rescue...
I am not saying any of these situations were puppies but I guess in my mind a healthy dog is a healthy dog and it goes on all the time. |
I believe most vets try to get the pet owner to sign them over to the vet. I was at my vets office one day and someone brought in a young 9 month old pitt bull mix.
Our city has banned pitt bulls. The woman said her son bought it, supposedly, not knowing it was a pitt bull mix, but as it grew older it was obvious that it had pitt bull in it.
So she wanted it PTS. the vet convinced her to sign it over to him so he could send it to a pitt bull rescue.