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What are the risks if your dog has to under having anesthesia twice a year, my dog is young 2 y/o . I know the risk in older dogs.
what does anesthesia have to do with living to very old age. Now you have me scared. Reason I ask is several years ago my dog (now pasted) she was maybe 9 or 10 y/o needed a tooth or 2 pulled and a cleaning. I had to sign a form, if the dogs heart stops beating do you want ....they listed several things ending with something like "do everything " I was so scared I started to cry and didn't want to leave the dog, I thought maybe a client of theirs (dog) heart stopped, vet did everything & bought it back, the dog owners did not want to pay the expense of that procedure, and did not pay. Things like this did happen at my vet,
not a dog dying, example::: someone hit a dog, took it in to my vet, broken hip, owner could not be reached, my vet went forward & operated, when owner was finally reached they refused to pay the cost, said they did not give permission to operate. So I thought this form I was signing was to give them your permission to do what ever it was that you checked off on this form, now you mention anesthesia and living a longer life, scaring me, my newly adopted Cody needs his teeth cleaned. how does anesthesia affect their life?