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All I have to say is a child’s prayer was answered.
Kindness? I don't think she really had a choice. She should just be happy someone was willing to do what she was unwilling to do and the dog lived.
So who the heck's ashes did she receive?
We've cremated all our dear, lost pets and I've often wondered about the, um, integrity of pet cremation businesses. Do they just fill little bags with the right sized scoop of a group cremation?
That’s why you get the *body* back.
Not ashes, not *nothing*. Then there’s no question what happened.
A little more reading up on it, and it turns out Lola was attacked by another dog owned by her owner — who then left her to die with strangers performing euthanasia.
I’d say Lola is lucky to have survived the unsafe environment and to have gotten a second chance of life in a home where, one hopes, she won’t be viciously attacked by other pets.
I would NEVER leave any dog or other pet to be euthanized. I would never leave them in their last moments with strangers. The times that I’ve had to do it, I’ve held them in my arms, and spoken quietly to them. Then I take them home. I did leave one with the vet for cremation, but I’ve never done that again. It felt wrong.
“What she didn’t know, and what wasn’t explained to her, was she was surrendering all ownership rights to the veterinarian. “
Moral of the story: Read paperwork before signing. If you don’t understand what you read, don’t sign until you do.
Interesting. Something similar happened to my neighbor’s family. Their dog was diagnosed with cancer. With great sorrow they took him to be euthanized.
A couple of weeks later they get a call from the pound. “You will be happy to know we have your dog.” The dog had an implanted identity chip.
Sure enough it was their dog. Someone at the vet’s office had taken the dog and given it to a friend. The friend decided after a few days she didn’t want the dog and took it to the pound.
I wonder how common this is?
That vet would be in serious trouble.
The few times I’ve had to have a pet put down, I was always in the room with them until the very end.
6 years ago, this coming summer... we had to put TWO dogs down.
I stayed with both, to the end. It never occurred to me to just leave them there to die alone....
Tough year, I’ve gotta tell you...
I’d be mighty upset with the vet, too, if I was this lady.
There are no printable words...
Something’s not right with this story. I suspect the vet knew the precarious situation that this dog was in and didn’t want it put back into that situation, to be potentially mauled again by larger dogs in the same household.
But, I really, really dislike the means he or she chose to do it, by lying apparently. Charging for euthanization and cremation that did not occur is actionable and clearly evident.
The woman’s anger should be tempered quite a bit through joy that the dog did not die, despite the other seeming ugliness, but I don’t really get a sense that this is the case.
So, I just don’t know what to think here.