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Originally Posted by kalina82  All dogs/cats no matter what the size need to be tubed for surgery. It keeps an airway open at all times. If that tube wasn't there and your puppy stopped breathing there would be no way to properly breath for the pup and keep him alive. Then while the vet is scrubbed in for surgery, and the pup isn't breathing, a stressed out tech would have to put a tube in with the dog on its back during the surgery and probably cause damage to the trachea that way.
If done properly, intubating a a patient for surgery should NOT harm the trachea. I've personally never seen a dog develop CT after having been intubated.
I'm sorry both your yorkies had/have this problem but i wouldn't blame the vet for tubing the dog. I'd be thanking him for doing everything possible to ensure a safe surgery. |
Yes, I understand that this procedure is in place for good reasons. Both my dogs were intubated for all procedures. It was my breeder, who has been breeding and showing for many, many years, who told me that she NEVER has any of her dogs intubated. I don't know what vet she uses, but she told me this 8 years ago, and then again a few weeks ago. Her dogs go to Westminster, Eukanuba dog shows and so forth. One was even an American/Canadian Champion dog, so I would think she knows a thing or two about this procedure and would not tell me dangerous things to do with my only furbaby. I'm not saying I would not have it done again, just that I wonder if this could have irritated her airway.