| ive had to help with a horrible euthanasia. we were understaffed one day, and a new doctor at our clinic had to euthanize a dog. i walked into the room and started cleaning cages and watched while a tech held the dog and the vet started euthanizing her. the vet took about 40 mins poking the dogs legs again and again looking for a vein. then she pulled the needle to pull in blood to see if she had hit a vein, and she hadnt hit a vein, but she pushed the euthasol in anyway. by that time me and the tech were crying because the dog was crying out in pain every time the doctor poked her. the dog didnt die because you are supposed to put the euthasol into the vein, and just putting it under the skin like she did would kill the dog much slower. the vet wouldnt admit defeat and she kept on trying even though she was completely incompetant, pricking the dogs legs again and again. At this point, one other tech went to go complain to one of the better vets. the boss came into the room, tried to hit the vein once and got it and the dog died and the vet was fired on the spot. That was the saddest euthanasia i ever saw. the dog just sat there and cried. she had cancer so she was in pain already, and the vet was scared of chows so the dog had to wear a muzzle, but this dog was harmless. and i know that some dogs would much rather not wear one, and that some are better without them. we then took the dog out to the owners truck and told him that it went well. the only person not crying for the dog was the vet, who was crying for her lost job.  |