 Dealing with pain
AND the word you posted that hit home to me is...suffer...suffering and discomfort are different to me..
I remember the day I stopped giving pain meds after a dental was when I started to give the Yorkie a pill, but had to pulll the chewy bone out of its mouth...how can a dog chew on a raw hide and be in pain...???
When I see that look..we go to the vet...[/QUOTE]
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It could be that dogs are like us and behave quite normally at times even though they are suffering. I, for instance, have a medical condition which is causing severe pain right now but as a way of dealing with the acute pain I am suffering, I have taken my pain medication and am working on a medical insurance appeal and surfing this site. Dogs seem to have that same ability of being able to go right on suffering through serious pain just as we do with one difference - we can elect to opt out of some of the pain and take our medication when we're really suffering.
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