putting dogs to sleep?
 

i have a question... if you own a dog, can you just decide to get it put to sleep at any time?? even if theres nothing wrong with it? i just read a post how a woman put her 8 yr old yorkie to sleep for no reason (made me really angry cuz 8 yrs old for a dog is still young to me!)

does anyone know?

unfortunately, that is possible. But some vets might refuse to do it.

my vet wont do it unless he finds the dog not treatable

I never even thought of such a thing.
Who would put down a healthy dog? Good grief are there
vets out there who do this? I know pounds will do this if the
dog is not adopted within a certain time period as sad as this
is but a vet?
I would like to hear the answers.


Carol & Buddy

Yea, you shouldn't be able to, but you can. If a vet doesn't the shelter would. It sucks.

I actually knew someone once who had thier yorkie put to sleep because she had a skin cinfition and was stinky. :mad: She has a new one now.

Kim

sadly you can walk into most shelters and say i want my dog put down and they will

OMG! Did you read that here??? Can you cross the post please??

What if that lady has a mental problem:shocked7q and wake up that morning and decided to put her dog to sleep and they do it that is just crazy:mad:. I was watching Cesar Milan the other day (The dog Whispers) and there was a young ,beautifull healthy boxer that the owner took to the pound to put her to sleep because she jomp the fence couple of times, grrrrr:angry: that make me so mad. Fortunately this lady came and adopt her for company of her older male boxer thank God; but can you imagine the other dogs, poor babies:(

I would hope vets would refuse to put down a dog that was not terminal. But so sad that the shelters will do it upon request. I think they should at least have to wait and see if someone would adopt them!

I read the post you were talking about. I hope the lady was just being mean saying that because she was made about getting mail -- but she did post that she thought about it initially, so who knows. I cannot imagine how anyone who lived with one of these sweet dogs would have them murdered.

I know my Vet wont put a dog down unless it has an untreatable condition. I think it is awful to put a dog down otherrwise

Yes, when I had to have my dog put to sleep they never even asked me why. So, as long as you pay for the procedure they will do it.

its this thread...

http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=65001

if you keep reading down, you will see she eventually put it to sleep for no good reason..

Oh so was she just threatening putting it down? I don't get it.. :confused:

OMG so you just showed up with your (sick ?) dog and they just put it to sleep no questions asked???? what kind of place is that?????????

Unfortunately this is true and when they do bring them in they cannot even adopt them out without the owners permission. It is the same at the pound. That was the most terrible thing to see that happen when I was a vet tech. I could never understand why they would not find them a home. That is how I got some of my rescues was calling the owners after hours and getting their perrmission but some people just did not care and would not let me have them. It is so sad but true.

I suppose you can, but I can't imagine that a vet would do it. Why wouldn't you just give it to a shelter? People like that don't deserve to have pets.

omg.. that just makes me furious. I wish there was a law stating that if an animal was healthy then there would be no such thing as putting em down. That they could go up for adoption.

OMG, that is awful, I had to put one to sleep afew years back due to Liver shunt and he was in so much pain, it about killed me and I know I did the right thing, but just to put one down because you don't want them anymore is just awful...:mad:

I worked at a vets office for six months,i just could not take it anymore,They put dogs to sleep for no reason and when a baby maltese came in and was killed by a bigger dog I got emotional just tears coming down my face,I was told that you can"t let the owners see you emotional,that was the worst place i ever worked:aimeeyork

My sister-in-law is a licensed veterinian, but she went to med school later in life to become a pediatrician. When I asked her why she went back to school, she said couldn't handle one more person walking into her office asking to put down their pet because they couldn't afford it or didn't want it any more. So she became a ped since it would be considered murder to euthanize a child.

THis whole discussion brings back a sad memory for me. We had a beagle that we dearly loved, but during his 13th year of life he developed a cancer-like disease and we were forced to put him down. When the vet told me it was near time for this he let me stay in the exam room until I could get ahold of my emotions. Through the wall I could hear his next client talking (very loud) about how he wasn't about to put up with a dog that has diabetes. He complained about the medication and all the other things that go along with the disease. He insisted that this dog be put down. You can imagine how that effected me. I would have given anything I owned to trade places with him. To have that little beagle with diabetes around for a while longer. I asked the vet later what he had done and he told me that he had talked the man into signing the dog over to him and he had given him to a rescue group.

Why can't all vets be like that? If I ever need a new vet, I think I will ask them what their policy is before I accept them. To me that is a real good indicator of that vets commitment to the animals.

JMO

Sorry to hear about your beagle! :( ... but I agree with you about the Vet thing :thumbup:

All I hope for is that her children don't develope behavioral problems. some people throw children away too. Or kill them.

I asked my vet about this and she said she would do it, but would first try to talk the person into signing the dog over to her so she could find a new home for it. The reason she would do it is that if the person is determined to have the dog euthanized, they will find someone who will do it and it isn't hard. My vet is a dog lover and she would rather see the dog treated gently and with love than just taken to whoever to be put to sleep or maybe shot or killed in some other way. Sadly, animals are treated as possessions in our society and not as friends. I knew of an older woman who wanted her Bichon buried with her and when she passed away, her family rushed the 4-year old dog, who was very healthy, off to be euthanized and they put the dog's body into her casket to be buried with her. It was against the law, but the funeral director just looked the other way. I think it was a terrible thing to do. There was great outrage among the Bichon lovers I know, but it was too late and nothing could be done about it. There are all kinds of cruelty. It makes me very sad.

Jeanette

OMG how awful. I don't know of any vets in this area that would do that. When Precious my 15 year old Shih Tzu was sick my vet did blood work to see what was wrong and that's when we found out that her kidneys were shutting down.

I agree with you 8 years old is still young for a dog especially a small dog.

I feel horrible evertime I think of it.
 

I feel horribley guilty. why dina just grab her, hold her til someone came. kept her away from my small kid. pay to board her. something.

I did I posted looking for a home for her. this person's answer to her troubles was to put her down. After alot of people stepped up and offered her a home. or alteast a place til a home could be found.


I live in a area of WV that dones't believe in spay or neuter. that all those cute pups and kittens get homes. {our local shelter kill records would scare you} won't pay a reasonable fee for a pup. don't believe in shots let alone womring and that's NORMAL!

and I'm a freak "as my eldest daughter calls it" cause I do spay/neuter snatch cats/kittens/pups off the street to find thier homes. or if I can't spay neuter and shots and find a home.

I've been told I'm a noisey bitter old woman for this. Well so be it.
that eight year old dog still haunts me.


that's probably why I'll never own a pure yorkie. I'm too busy spending ma money on the mutts and ilbred. LOL TyTy

My biggest regret in having my Madison put to sleep was not staying with her. It's been years and I just can't seem to forgive myself for it. I took her to the vet, with my toddler in tow, and crying and couldn't handle it. She was 12 years old and had a history of health problems and I was emotional and sleep deprived. I think about it every day.

I just want to offer the advice of, no matter how hard that day is when it comes...stay with your pet so you they know you're there and you won't regret not being there for them.

I had to put down my big girl, German Shepard (really, my mom did, I didn't even have a chance to say goodbye)... But she was almost 16 yrs old and very sick, already after one surgery and suffering seizures to the point she was hurting most of the time she was awake... That would be the only ocassion I'd ever put a dog to sleep, when the dog is sick and there's nothing to be done for it to stop suffering. But a healthy 8 year old? Even if the dogs have behavioral problems, people should be willing to work them out. I can't imagine... :thumbdown

[QUOTE=ladyj;989194]I asked my vet about this and she said she would do it, but would first try to talk the person into signing the dog over to her so she could find a new home for it. The reason she would do it is that if the person is determined to have the dog euthanized, they will find someone who will do it and it isn't hard. My vet is a dog lover and she would rather see the dog treated gently and with love than just taken to whoever to be put to sleep or maybe shot or killed in some other way. Sadly, animals are treated as possessions in our society and not as friends. I knew of an older woman who wanted her Bichon buried with her and when she passed away, her family rushed the 4-year old dog, who was very healthy, off to be euthanized and they put the dog's body into her casket to be buried with her. It was against the law, but the funeral director just looked the other way. I think it was a terrible thing to do. There was great outrage among the Bichon lovers I know, but it was too late and nothing could be done about it. There are all kinds of cruelty. It makes me very sad.


omg??? couldnt they have waited until the dog passed away?? 4 years old!?!?! WHAT!:mad: