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Originally Posted by JeanieK What if weather conditions make it impossible for travel. NOT what if you are too lazy or don't want to pay the vet. |
This is one of the MANY reasons why I wont be a breeder! I am not tough enough to deal with these types of decisions. I must say, this thread has turned and twisted and Jeanie, what exactly are you looking for at this point? There have been answers given. Even a vallium, which I must say, seems the least of the horrors I have read. It seems to me that you keep reposting WHAT IF YOU COULD NOT GET TO A VET? and again, you received answers.
I have experienced some terrible weather conditions here and elsewhere (including a hurricane) and there have been times that getting to a human hospital was not even likely and I live less than 10 miles from three hospitals...
We are prepared the best we can and deal with whatever falls in our laps the best we can if we cannot get help and I think every breeder would do the best they could... I think the general consensus is simply that putting a dog in the freezer is not the best we can do, other solutions have been offered to you, and perhaps you have thought of some of your own as I hope you would have since you have been quite persistent with this particular question. Have you thought of other solutions on your own? Are you considering becoming a breeder? If so, perhaps you are in an area where this may be a real issue for you... One possibility I might suggest for you is that if the winters are that bad there, and the math for a dogs pregnancy is fairly easy, that you keep a female in heat from getting pregnant when those due dates would be more risky.
Good luck with your search and I hope you find what you are looking for.
Bren