Tips

Just a few tips regarding your animals and their care:

1. If you have a very sick dog, dumping him in the river to find out if he wants to live is probably not the ideal thing to do. I actually would recommend you bring him to the vet.

2. When you bring your cat in to be euthanized, keep in mind that he will be dead seconds after the injection. When you ask if you can leave and your cat just had an IV catheter placed, my saying 'yes, we'll be out in a moment' means, 'go to your car and we'll be right out with the euthasol (which is called Fatal Plus, btw).' It does not mean that your cat was given an injection which takes awhile to kill him, and it does not mean you can drive away. Because then I have to call you and tell you that your cat has to come back to the clinic so we can give it the euthasol. Situations like those make things awkward. I prefer to avoid them. We really do try to make euthanasias as smooth as possible.

3. If we do a housecall euthanasia, we have to listen to your cat's heart after administering the euthasol in order to make sure he has passed. We also need to feel the femoral pulse. Please do not hold the cat very snug against your body. This makes doing those two things extremely awkward. Especially if you are a larger woman and the doctor is a man.