| My original post had the names of the guilty parties, but the Moderator felt that it was better to not use their identification due to possible legal impact.
I once posted about what a great group practice this one is, and that I was fortunate to have them. That was true at the time, and I would still say it was true, except that this time, the owner vet and Pandora's original treating vet refused to speak with me (or so I was told). This new vet member of the group who did this to Pandora seems quite personable to humans and it seemed to me that the staff was being quite protective of him. I will be sending CRRR letters to this practice's owner and Pandora's regular treating vet, to start.
From this experience, I suggest that each of you, before the time comes if you can, research how euthanasia is to be correctly and humanely performed (for some reason I just assumed all qualified and licensed vets knew this) and then ask your own vet, in detail, how he/she does it, particularly with a fully conscious and responsive animal. Pandora's only problem was pain and that she could no longer walk. She was totally alert. A quick sedative injection would have avoided all of this, although if Dr. Death had used a tourniquet and hit the vein in the first place, it also would have been avoided.  |