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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly  Medication was created to treat illnesses and painful or irritating conditions and should only be used to treat a medical condition - otherwise giving medication to any creature is not to be condoned or is even considered ethical - especially for the giver's own convenience when other pet/child-friendly methods of handling a pet or child are available. As a person disabled by a bad back, I can tell you all about it. I cannot believe that people would drug or dope their pet or child - it is unthinkable to most parents of dogs or little humans.
It is unconscionable to give an animal a medication with side effects - drowsiness/sedation/loss of consciousness, lethargy, rapid heart rate, nausea/vomiting, dizziness, etc., just for your own personal convenience. If a vet prescribes the medication for a dog's own symptoms such as itching, that use of medication is ethical and benefits the actual dog himself - relieving him from symptoms. But to dose/drug a dog and gork his head out so that he passes out while you rest up is beyond the pale to many doglovers.
If you dog or child was inconvenient for any reason, such as you had missed a couple of night's sleep and needed a nap one evening, the neighbors who dislike dogs are coming to visit or you needed to study - would you drug the dog or child for that, too? Why even have a pet or child if you put them to sleep when they become inconvenient to you? That animal or child is looking to his owner/parent for love, his total care and well-being and dosing him when times are bad is not in the little one's own best interest ever. And any vet that agrees with you - and no doubt some will - should be drummed out of business. It is unthinkable to drug little creatures in our charge to the point of losing consciousness when they are inconvenient to our lives. |
Ahhh, my dog didn't lose consiousness, she just got tired, which is what Benadryl does.
And can still haven't answered MY QUESTION as to HOW Benadryl is different from the ONE time I gave it to her to calm her as opposed to it being given to her EVERY NIGHT. She is going to, as you said gork out, but that will happen every night if I give it to her for her allergies. Which, as you have not addresed, I am NOT going to do.
And do you have kids?