Dogsey

That is definately sick! Considering there are ways to obtain the money. Payday loans, donating plasma, selling your stuff, even asking for split bills. After murdering an animal, I believe they should never be able to own another even if its something small like a hampster. They sound so irresponsible that they caused the dog to become aggressive. Even so irresponsible to get a dog when they aren't prepared for financial emergencies. Imagine if the dog broke its leg and they couldn't get the dog treatment? And to punch the dog in the face? The whole thing sounds so unnecessary. I wonder if they were on drugs?

With apologies for posting an incorrect link, now corrected, the woman had been left the pet by a previous partner.

Things like this are very disturbing. If they can do this to an animal, they have probably done other sick things as well, and will no doubt continue to do more.
Why do the courts rarely impose adequate sentences for animal cruelty? Why do they seem to consider their life so meaningless? It is not only a case of what they have done this time, it's the evil type of minds that have been let loose again to re-offend.
A dog warden once told me of a case where an owner had been banned for a while for dog cruelty, but the warden was tipped off the person had another dog not long afterwards. Nothing could be done about it though because the ban only applied to that particular person, and this person told the warden the new dog belonged to her husband! Always a loophole isn't there.

I was told by a vet friend the most humane way to kill a dog is by decapitation. This was after I witnessed 3 pups squirm and cry in pain from the lethal injection after they had enough "immobilizer" injected into each of them to immobilize a hundred lb dog. I did some research and taking into consideration how pain signals ,receptors and reactions work, yes decapitation is probably more humane than to be euthanized.
(I comprehend why people would flinch at that method, after all we are just pitiful human egos.)

This decapitation method I employ because I raise chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys for food.
I also harvest local endemic flora and fauna that I would have a good life and good health. A cpl years ago I shot a yearling bull elk(google wapiti) with a 22cal rifle. He instantly fell dead. By the time I walked the 75 yards his heart had already stopped beating.
To live in my world certain things require a strong stomach so to speak. I can't think of a time tho when I did something out of disrespect, malice or hatred.

That all being said...
To my way of thinking what these people did is something I could never do. Again, to my way of thinking it was just brutal.
The actions I just read about truly tested my strong stomach.
And that is also why I euthanize my dogs or they just "go to sleep" because of age.
The love and respect I have for my dogs because of what they do for me and my family will never be comprehended by the vast majority of humans.
I am so sorry I read this darn story.

I really don't understand the sentencing for cruelty cases. If you kill and animal or make it suffer then it should be a ban for life and a prison sentence that actually gets served.

I think that the vet who mentioned decapitation is a bit of a xxxxxx as I can't see a dog keeping still why you try to do this. I have seen quite a few dogs humanely euthanased by injection and 99.9% have been peaceful endings. The main reason is usually due the accuracy and competence of the vet and nurse involved with the procedure.

Shocked, but then I know I shouldn't be. The work I do to help dogs we come across a lot of sick and sad things and they never fail to upset and shock me.

CAUTION
THERE IS CONTENT IN THIS POST THAT SOME MAY CONSIDER GRAPHIC. Not unlike growing up on my Grampa's farm.




All are entitled to opinion, as I, as the vet, now possibly dead from old age after practising for over 60 years.
I believe we don't have the right to make the vast majority of judgments we take liberty to.

"research" "human egos"
"99.9%". Was I the only poor unfortunate soul that witnessed the .1%?
My chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys don't lay nice and quiet and relaxed with their neck stretched over the chopping block.

Perhaps I just don't have the guts to kill my dogs by myself and/or I can't stand to see the suffering of old age and/or sickness. Perhaps I shouldn't stand there and watch my loyal friend quiver his last. or breathe his last. or wag her last. or twitch her last. Should I take my 97 year old Granny to the M.D. and have her euthanized? Should you?

Dogs and wolves(carnivores)share 99.8% mitochondrial DNA.
Are we perhaps.... truly humane? or projecting? or lazy? or too busy? or totally trusting propaganda?
If the commercial pet food industry went belly-up thousands would be jobless, including hundreds of vets that push commercial dogfoods. Healthy dogs don't need veterinary medical attention. We're killing our dogs with essentially cutsie pie lies in the propaganda.

Premeditate killing a human and we get charged with First Degree Murder and sentenced upwards of 25 years with no parole.
Premeditate a dog's death by euthanasia(lethal injection) and we are heralded as hero for putting it out of it's misery.
Feed it commercial dogfood and we're doing "the right thing" for our dogs.
Keep it around and let it die naturally and we're mean for prolonging it's misery.
Kill it with a fatal blow to the head and we're heartless barbarians.
Decapitate it and we're (What?)xxxxxx (?ruthless savages?)

...... if we do,...... if we don't.
Like I said, " I'm so sorry I read this darn story).
PS The young bull elk I shot.... ....right smack dab into the centre of the brain expoding it inside the skull. Instant death.
No suffering.

Would it have crossed their minds if they hadnt seen recent stories in the press?

Hanging depicted on TV is quick and death immediate in old films

The dog was punched in the face - by all accounts the death wasnt immediate and in the panic perhaps the punch was to 'knock the dog unconscious' to end things quicker

Does it really cost £100 to have your dog put to sleep? There was mention of some sort of checks or additional work before the vet would euthanize?

For me the fact they took the appropriate course of action in the first instance suggests they are not inherantly evil people unfortunately the path took a terrible turn

I am by no means condoning what they did it is something that I could never comprehend doing myself and they should be banned for life without doubt

Sober monkey
Yup yup. I guess I could've just said it that way.
I stand humbled
Thank you and please accept a "bouquet thought" from me