Chere, everything that the vet uses for euthanasia comes under extremely strict government regulations. He dare not give out something like that. It could be used accidentally on a human or get into the hands of a child and the vet would be liable. All the best, Susan Cochran
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chere Workman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 9:29 AM Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] ethics > I have had to ask a question like this a few times. In the middle of the > night I had a puppy born whose abdomen was ripped open and the bowels all > came out and the mother was treating them like an umbilical chord, another > time the puppy was born with insides out not enclosed called the vet he said > would not live. I had not the courage to terminate but did ask the vet the > next day. He said the most humane way to end life in a newborn was to drown > or put in freezer until morning and I could take in to him. I also had a > German Shepherd owned by friend elderly whose spine gave out and was > literally screaming in constant pain and we could not get her in car to take > to the vet everyone crying and she gave dog vicodin we considered overdosing > her but just gave her a dosage normal for us; Should have poured it in our > mouths as well to have to endure listening to poor dog...because she could > not stand to see her dearest friend in such extreme pain even for the ride to > vet for anesthesia. Vet said it did not hurt anything probably worked the > same on dog as us. Asked vet if there was somthing like that I could have at > home as I had several elderly dogs he said no. Chere > > ========================================================= > "Magic Commands": > to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL > to start it up gain click here: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. > Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > > All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
