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Just read this article and have to say it rang alarm bells when I read it. Some of this is so very sad and true.
A few years ago I asked the vet to put to sleep my elderly Ridgeback who had Laryngeal Paralysis. She had nearly died of inhalation pneumonia (a side effect of the paralysis) and could no longer enjoy walks or eat her food without choking.
I was made to feel that I was a "bad" owner when I opted to have her PTS rather than have expensive tie back surgery (which I understood was not only painful, but which often tore open again) I chose NOT to have the surgery, preferring to save my lovely girl from more pain. :'(
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1232217/Why-Im-ashamed-vet-shocking-expose-profession-puts-pets-painful-unnecessary-treatments-fleece-trusting-owners.html
Interested to hear what others experiences have been.
A few years ago I asked the vet to put to sleep my elderly Ridgeback who had Laryngeal Paralysis. She had nearly died of inhalation pneumonia (a side effect of the paralysis) and could no longer enjoy walks or eat her food without choking.
I was made to feel that I was a "bad" owner when I opted to have her PTS rather than have expensive tie back surgery (which I understood was not only painful, but which often tore open again) I chose NOT to have the surgery, preferring to save my lovely girl from more pain. :'(
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1232217/Why-Im-ashamed-vet-shocking-expose-profession-puts-pets-painful-unnecessary-treatments-fleece-trusting-owners.html
Interested to hear what others experiences have been.