Not my point. Its was the 5 rounds to the head I found a bit odd. - Slash
You weren't an intern. Veterinary interns are graduate veterinarians.
And if that's really what happened when dogs were euthanized at that hospital, the veterinarians are committing malpractice. There's absolutely no reason for a dog to vomit and convulse, much less for 5 minutes, during a euthanasia performed according to standards of practice. - myelo
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Slash: i shot my very much loved dog in the back of the head. i expected him to immediately stop moving. he did not, and i was horrified. i tried the best i could to make sure it was quick for him. i'm simply sharing an experience. i did not hate my dog.
myelo: i certainly was doing an internship for nine months, an unpaid arrangement with full involvment of my college and agreement from the animal hospital.
it allowed me to learn many facets of animal care, but primarily dogs, and i learned and assisted in everything from cleaning teeth up to assisting in surgical procedures such as anesthesia, castrations, removal of cancer tumors, nuetering of cats and dogs, a half dozen hip displasia surgeries in German Shepards which is very involved, and more, plus a lot of microscopic identification of parasites, treatmenst, and other things to numerous to mention, and of course, euthenasias. your off the cuff judgement of my experience is irrelevant - unless you want to accuse me of lying. Organic chem cleaned my clock and i came to realise that i wouldn't be able to compete for admission to Michigan's vet. school.
my observations about how dogs were put down there is accurate. im sure there were sometimes owners present when an animal was put down, but i never attended one of those. one caveat: this was quite some time ago.
