911 - please help fast

• kaf Posted : 8/26/2007 4:24:44 AM I'm so sorry for what you have been through tonight, the little guy is at peace now, and that is what matters.   My thoughts are with you and your family. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• mrv Posted : 8/26/2007 6:45:30 AM In herding there are times when a sheep is fataly injured but lingering.  One shepherd (who is also a vet) told us that a plastic bag and starter fluid (ether) is likely the quickest and easiest death you can do in such a situation.  Sorry I did not see the post last night.  Blessing on you and your husband for all you did to help this puppy. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• RidgebackGermansShep Posted : 8/26/2007 6:50:57 AM that is absolutely horrible. i'm sorry you had to go through that 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• caveninit Posted : 8/26/2007 7:37:57 AM I am so sorry. My heart is breaking for you and your hubby. Janet 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Dog_ma Posted : 8/26/2007 11:49:56 AM One of the hardest acts of love and compassion is ending an animal's suffering through death.  Please take some small comfort in the fact that you and your husband put the pup's needs before your own, and gave him the best death he could have.  You also gave him the best life.  He died a loved house dog, carefree and happy. In life and in death, you gave him a great gift.   0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• MissMandy Posted : 8/26/2007 11:55:50 AM Oh my...I'm jsut reading this now. I'm so sorry that you and your family had to go through this. I can only imagine how heart breaking this was for you. MY heart is broken jsut reading about it. You and your husband did what you could for the little guy. You put him out of his misery, and that's the best that you could do for him. Please don't beat yourself up over it. He is at peace now. I'll keep you and your family in my prayers. Run free, Little One. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• dogsRkewl Posted : 8/26/2007 11:58:45 AM When I was a very young girl, only 4, the first dog we had was a black lab, Valentine.  One day, someone took her out of our yard.  The next morning, they put her back.  They had set her on fire and she was burned to the skin on many areas of her body, but she was still quite conscious.  My parents let me ride with to take her to the vet to get her put to sleep.  It was a long ride and it was misery for her.  To this day, 28 years later, I still vividly remember all of it and miss her so.   What you did was the most humane thing possible.  You took care of God's creation and He will bless you for that. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• dr_dolittle57 Posted : 8/26/2007 12:46:11 PM Very sad. It's a tough decision too. Sorry for your loss. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• huskymom Posted : 8/26/2007 2:47:19 PM I'm just seeing this now.  I am so sorry for everything that you have had to go through.  How horrible for you husband to have to do something like that.  I can't imagine what that must have been like.  My sister backed over my Arial one day when she was the last to leave the house.  She had to shoot her herself.  It was rough on her and my sister is not an animal lover. Anyway, big hugs to you and yours.  I hope the little girl is feeling better soon too. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• sandra_slayton Posted : 8/26/2007 2:56:34 PM As hard as it was ya'll did the right thing for that poor little guy.  It is hard enough to take them and have a vet do it.  But in this case you thought of the puppy and that was the most important thing. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• calliecritturs Posted : 8/26/2007 3:06:45 PM I was so groggy I didn't make myself fully clear -- when I emailed you those emergency numbers it wasn't to tell you to GO there (I did read about your car troubles AND the vet's situation) -- I was just thinking (and it did NOT come out my fingers) that maybe an emergency vet *on the phone* could tell you how to do it quickly and painlessly, because I could tell you probably were going to have to put him down.    50 miles to me *here* means 45 minutes on I-4.  50 miles where YOU are is, as they say in the Wizard of Oz "a horse of a different color" -- those mountain roads are windy and trecherous during daylight hours and 'heavily patrolled' tends to be an understatement.   I'm sorry I wasn't more clear.  I'm sorry as heck you guys had to do that, but your concern was for him and that was absolutely the right thing to do. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• sallya Posted : 8/26/2007 3:16:26 PM How tragic for that puppy. What if something else happens? You can't get any help where you live? 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• calliecritturs Posted : 8/26/2007 3:25:10 PM Sally it's kind of buried up there but essentially the OP had car problems yesterday with *both* of their cars at once, and altho their vet usually makes housecalls, HIS wife is near death from cancer and he's had to take a break from his practice.   So last night it was just a tragic accident and all odds were against them and they didn't have a vehicle to get the 2 hours into town and their vet wasn't available, so last night they were on their own (and it was midnight in a rural area).    That can be difficult for those of us who are 'city folks' to take in.  I was reared in an area like that and couldn't leave it behind quickly enough -- and yet I have friends who just can't tolerate the coldness and pace of city life.  0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• 2shelties Posted : 8/26/2007 3:28:02 PM I'm really sorry that happened. [] I had a similar experience as a teenager. My dad accidentally backed over our cat, and she was severely injured but not dead. We always had guns, so he took care of it himself.....he was very upset by the whole thing, as were we all. Has to be done sometimes....[] 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Sham cou Posted : 8/26/2007 3:52:56 PM Dunno if it helps any but a well placed bullet is actually considered to be the most humane and painless way to put down an animal.  I've talked to a few vet techs that watched the brain waves of animals being put down chemically.  While the body dies and the animal does not seem to react brain function spikes the same as if the animal were panicking.  Even though we cannot see it they appear to be aware they are dying when you use chemical means.  With a bullet the brain is instantly destroyed.  I know many people who say they would rather call the vet out to put their livestock down with a well aimed bullet than with chemical euthanasia.  It may be more traumatic to the people involved but it's better for the animal and when you live out in the middle of nowhere you have to be prepared for the possibility. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login