Can you register your dog as a blood donor?

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Vislaks's post below has made me think - can you do this?

I would happily sign Henry up if it is possible to do so - does anyone know?
 
http://www.petbloodbankuk.org/

I've answered my own question - I'm going to look into it
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What has happened to Vislak's friend's dog could happen to any one of ours after all.
 
Me neither - apparently your dog must be heavier than 25kg so Henry doesn't qualify
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But I'm going to see what I can do to support them anyway
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Well done Spudlet, had never looked into it myself, I know vets tend to use their own dogs whenever possible. I would take Tills again, have told the vets they are welcome to use us in the future, it takes a fair amount of time and they said alot have to be sedated but she didn't find it too traumatic and didn't need sedating. Anyone with a dog big enough and of a disposition not to mind to much should do it. If it saves another dogs life it has to be worth it. I just really hope its saved Bernies life today.
 
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Nice attitude tweedette, I hope none of yours ever need any blood to save their lives then.

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My thoughts exactly
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If you live near a University that runs a vet course most of the hospitals probably run a blood donation clinic...I know UCD does anyway.

Tweetdee the dogs that donate over here are often the vets and vet student own pets as they are the easiest to call in ain a time of crisis.do you really think that they would put their own pets through a harmful procedure on a regular basis?

Its a very similar procedure to having a blood sample taken and the dogs that donate have to be a certain weight and a certain temperment.a dog that dislikes needles or has issues with blood being drawn would not be used as they wouldnt be a suitable donor.so whats the issue?

the "poor" dogs are pets and well treated.most are also familiar with the hospital so the trip isnt even as stressful as a normal trip to the vets...
 
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Nice attitude tweedette, I hope none of yours ever need any blood to save their lives then.

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My thoughts exactly
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Baa. As if they know what is going on, anyway, it's hardly traumatic for them. What else do you ask their consent for, Tweedete? My dogs get consent from me to do things, not the other way around.
 
There was a thread not that long ago on here but I can't find it, where someone had heard some misinformation about dog donating blood. As far as I know, they don't sedate blood donating dogs in Sweden, there is enough obedient dogs and the need is not bigger than that one of the requirements is that the dog will accept laying still and have the blood reasonably quickly taken directly from a vein.

However I think that all cats donating blood is put under GA.





Personally I will admit to having a phobia of blood and syringe needles, so any blood donating myself to other humans would be very difficult, however I would not have any hesitation to letting my bitches donate blood if they only had been of a large enough breed to qualify for it. I actually checked up on it sometime between 5 to 10 years ago when my Smooth Collie lived, but she weighted 19 - 19,5 kg so she was below the weight limit.
 
Ditto others above, my dogs don't actually consent to anything I do to them. Our local vets do keep a register of donor dogs, but as others have said tend to use their own first. I may have dreamt this but I think greyhound types make very good donors, don't ask me why.
 
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Nice attitude tweedette, I hope none of yours ever need any blood to save their lives then.

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My thoughts exactly
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Baa. As if they know what is going on, anyway, it's hardly traumatic for them. What else do you ask their consent for, Tweedette? My dogs get consent from me to do things, not the other way around.

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Good point CaveCanem, I know exactly what I could forget ever doing again if I first asked for permission.


''Could I please be allowed to trim your claws?'' = ''Hm, if you are asking me then, NO! In a matter of fact, I don't think they will ever need a trim again for the rest of my life!''



Not much to consider really, I prefer it as it is, so I will stick to my method :


''I have decided to trim my claws, on my dogs, so lie down, accept your cruel fate and it will soon be over.'' = Dogs lie down and I trim their claws.


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well i must be a wicked cruel owner as kizzy has been giving blood for years
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, she loves going to the vets, she gets loads of fuss and treats when she done
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ETA she will be too old next year
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and chaos isnt heavy enough to be a donor
 
Chloe isnt heavy enough yet, but when she is we will do (so long as she stays still, I woldnt have her put under for it).

I think its really important, I would want people to do the same if it was my doggy that needed help xxxx
 
Would sign up ours if they were heavy enough (although I'm sure the sprocker would happily eat until she met the weigh in!)

Do you think any of the dog charities who have "not for re-homing" residents sign them up?
 
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Sorry guys love my dogs, hate needles , wouldnt put my boy through it nor my girls , good idea for the rescue centres to do it though.

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PMSL - is that because they are only rescue dogs and dont belong to anyone in particular
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Very strange....
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Poor dogs , I wouldnt do that to any of mine without their consent, and I know even if they could speak they would cetainly say - eeerrrr nope.

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.....and what dog would ever give it's consent to be castrated?
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Sorry guys love my dogs, hate needles , wouldnt put my boy through it nor my girls , good idea for the rescue centres to do it though.

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So you don't get your dogs vaccinated, they never need to be on a drip and they have never had to have drugs injected.
Wow, lucky you!
God forbid your dogs ever need a transfusion, as someone else has said, would you like to see them die because there was no donor? Or would you accept tatty old rescue blood?

I love my dogs too. But I don't transfer my human, irrational fears onto them.
 
Seriously Tweedette, what age are you????

Do your bitches always stand for studding? If they don't, do you say, oh well, she didn't consent, no puppies for us this time, or do you put a muzzle on, and hold them there?
 
tweedete, I can't begin to tell you how angry your comments have made me. Are you suggesting that I don't love my dogs then? Given that my dog was used as an emergency donor this morning? You couldn't be further from the truth if so and I can't believe your attitude. Why is it a good idea for rescues to do it and not for dogs in pet homes?
 
Flamin' Ada as my mother would say (no I don't know who Ada is).

I don't like the dentist much, but Henry has his teeth cleaned regularly and if he needs a scale and polish in later life he'll have it. If Henry was big enough to donate, I would have no hesitation. Although of course he is a rescue dog and therefore perhaps less worthy.

Vislak, I don't think anyone thinks you are a bad owner at all (well the sane ones here don't anyway!) and I for one am very glad that those of you with big lumps of dog are willing to help those of us with small accident-prone ones.
 
Dear lord I have heard it all
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for what it's worth most rescues wont vax, and this is a stipulation for some vets .....and why use a rescue? when I have a rescue dog, it becomes my own whilst it with me, it not a blummin second class citizen
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Mine have given blood, my deerhound, my whip x grey in her younger days, our saluki x grey.
My akita said "NO" SO I never used her
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LMAO......she also has given blood.
My rotti however has signed documentation to state she will swap blood for good quality meat
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I think (I cannot remember your name)
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if you saw the look of desperation on an owners face and the life ebbing away from an animal for the sake of recieving some life saving blood, you would be pretty heartless not to help.
I also dont know many rescues that would get up a stupid o clock and search their kenels for a candidate, it's best to go with a healthy dog that will sit patiently.
I find it more barbaric/cruel to refuse a bag of blood from your healthy dog to save another, and poss let it die
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The puppies where rather peeved they had a humungus chip wacked in their neck.....but I ain't gonna say....."don't do it, jsut let them land in the pound if they go missing in their new home", but then I suppose they could become blood donors
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Sorry guys love my dogs, hate needles , wouldn't put my boy through it nor my girls , good idea for the rescue centres to do it though.

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So you don't get your dogs vaccinated, they never need to be on a drip and they have never had to have drugs injected.
Wow, lucky you!
God forbid your dogs ever need a transfusion, as someone else has said, would you like to see them die because there was no donor? Or would you accept tatty old rescue blood?

I love my dogs too. But I don't transfer my human, irrational fears onto them.

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As I said in one of my replies, I have a phobia of blood and syringe needles, it is really quite bad but I'm proud over the fact that my dogs and cats (this far) sits like rocks when needles are involved. I will do things for my pets that I would not do/have big difficulties with doing for myself, even if it includes facing syringes and blood, because then it is not about me, it is about them.


If it is about me, I feel exactly like this
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, personally I might wait a day (or more) extra before going to the doctors in case my problem will magically disappear.

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I must say that what Tweedette have said and how she has said it, makes me feel quite confused, I can not quite imagine how she thinks.

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