The New(ly) Dead Thread

Pootsy said:
Lewis Hamiltons dog, Roscoe, has passed away.

Always a very sad time when your pet crosses the Rainbow Bridge.
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12 year old pedigree bulldog that he spent £000s trying to keep alive when basic humanity would have been to put him down?

I blame that most dangerous of vets, Noel Fitzpatrick, for raising expectations... just because you can doesn't mean you should.
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Milk said:
12 year old pedigree bulldog that he spent £000s trying to keep alive when basic humanity would have been to put him down?

I blame that most dangerous of vets, Noel Fitzpatrick, for raising expectations... just because you can doesn't mean you should.
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Are you doing it for you or the pet? Always ask myself that in an attempt to get the timing right.
 
Rob17896 said:
Are you doing it for you or the pet? Always ask myself that in an attempt to get the timing right.
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Should always be for the pet. They’ve given you companionship (& love unless they’re a cat) so it’s only right to return the favour at the end of their life.

Vetting has become big - and very profitable - buisiness on the back of “procedures” . Any excuse to X-ray, CT scan etc. Vets are taking the pee
 
Milk said:
Should always be for the pet. They’ve given you companionship (& love unless they’re a cat) so it’s only right to return the favour at the end of their life.

Vetting has become big - and very profitable - buisiness on the back of “procedures” . Any excuse to X-ray, CT scan etc. Vets are taking the pee
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Our dog started ailing ... skin growths, arthritis, dementia... it was our vet who very kindly suggested we had done enough when they could have milked us for more treatments .... I respected their professionalism.
 

chrismpw said:
Our dog started ailing ... skin growths, arthritis, dementia... it was our vet who very kindly suggested we had done enough when they could have milked us for more treatments .... I respected their professionalism.
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Well done to your vet BUT how often do you hear of people spending £000s (driven by pet insurance) on very invasive surgery when it would have been kinder to the animal to have said Goodnight ?
 
Milk said:
Well done to your vet BUT how often do you hear of people spending £000s (driven by pet insurance) on very invasive surgery when it would have been kinder to the animal to have said Goodnight ?
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Oh I don't doubt it. Greed pervades all walks of life, from people wrongly claiming benefits, to MPs dodging tax and insider trading.
 
Milk said:
Should always be for the pet. They’ve given you companionship (& love unless they’re a cat) so it’s only right to return the favour at the end of their life.

Vetting has become big - and very profitable - buisiness on the back of “procedures” . Any excuse to X-ray, CT scan etc. Vets are taking the pee
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Never underestimate a cat! 😸
 
RufusCat said:
Never underestimate a cat! 😸
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Milk said:
12 year old pedigree bulldog that he spent £000s trying to keep alive when basic humanity would have been to put him down?

I blame that most dangerous of vets, Noel Fitzpatrick, for raising expectations... just because you can doesn't mean you should.
Kerching
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how do you know what was wrong with him to “be keeping him alive”?
 

Milk said:
Well done to your vet BUT how often do you hear of people spending £000s (driven by pet insurance) on very invasive surgery when it would have been kinder to the animal to have said Goodnight ?
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One of my best mates missus who is a vet briefly worked for a big company that has a load of vet practices in it`s portfolio.

Once a month they would have to meet with a sales manager, who would chastise and threaten any of the vets, who hadn`t " sold " enough examinations and treatments.

You take your dog in for a check up - " has it been wormed, when was the last time it had flea treatment, has it taken medication for the fatal illness caused by snails, it`s claws are too long and need cutting," etc etc.

Same applied to cat owners.

There was nothing illegal about what the vets were being told to do, as it was all " suggested " to the pet owners, who as she said are the easiest customers in the world to sell stuff to, as your selling stuff based on the fear that if they don`t take up the " treatments " being offered by the vets, that they`re bad owners.

She resigned after three months, after telling the sales manager that it was unethical and that she wasn`t prepared to push treatments that weren`t strictly needed, based on falsely shaming the pet owners into treatments.

Sadly, independent vets are becoming a thing of the past, as they get gobbled up by these big vet chains, who in essence are just part of a business portfolio and nothing more.
 
COYBL25 said:
One of my best mates missus who is a vet briefly worked for a big company that has a load of vet practices in it`s portfolio.

Once a month they would have to meet with a sales manager, who would chastise and threaten any of the vets, who hadn`t " sold " enough examinations and treatments.

You take your dog in for a check up - " has it been wormed, when was the last time it had flea treatment, has it taken medication for the fatal illness caused by snails, it`s claws are too long and need cutting," etc etc.

Same applied to cat owners.

There was nothing illegal about what the vets were being told to do, as it was all " suggested " to the pet owners, who as she said are the easiest customers in the world to sell stuff to, as your selling stuff based on the fear that if they don`t take up the " treatments " being offered by the vets, that they`re bad owners.

She resigned after three months, after telling the sales manager that it was unethical and that she wasn`t prepared to push treatments that weren`t strictly needed, based on falsely shaming the pet owners into treatments.

Sadly, independent vets are becoming a thing of the past, as they get gobbled up by these big vet chains, who in essence are just part of a business portfolio and nothing more.
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My previous dog lived 15 years, my current dog is just turned 3, I won't feed dogs the usual dog food/ treats, it has a diet of meat from the butchers, fish, fruit and veg, plus things like hemp seed
 
jaycee said:
My previous dog lived 15 years, my current dog is just turned 3, I won't feed dogs the usual dog food/ treats, it has a diet of meat from the butchers, fish, fruit and veg, plus things like hemp seed
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Same here mate, wet food only for ours, no kibble or dried stuff - if people looked at the ingredients ( fat and salt ) they wouldn`t be feeding it to their dogs.

It`s like a dog living off McDonalds it`s whole life and expecting it to be healthy.

Saturated and clever advertising, brain washes people into believing that all that crap is good for your dog.
 

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