Pts at home

[poiuytrewq]

Do you think a dog who’s really terrified of the vets and injections would be ok with being pts at home?
My gut tells me not, that she will be super suspicious snd not happy.
I have the alternative of having a good shot coming out and putting some meat on the floor for her and she’s gone.
This in reality is my option for her (others, I’ve had pts at the vets, he adored the vet. The one who was an emergency and no option and one I took but we ended things in my car boot so he thought, In my head he was going home) so I’m open to the correct option for that particular dog. Money isn’t an issue in this situ)
Is the quick shot awful? It’s awful for me but it’s not about me.
Honest opinions?

 

[twiggy2]

I would go for the shot, I have done before, a very trusted shot, did it when we were not about and buried the body and cleaned up.

 

[Pearlsacarolsinger]

I can see nothing wrong in the quick shot, it's the choice I make for my horses whenever possible.
However, I had my 15 yr old Lab bitch pts at home by a female vet that she hadn't met before but from my usual practice. The dog had had to stay at the surgery over a weekend, several years before and had been terrified of the surgery ever since. Previously, she had been shocked to find a vet in her kitchen. He had come out to the horses and also came into the house to remove some stitches from the Lab.
The Lab appeared to be quite comfortable having the injection on the rug in front of the fire at home.

 

[splashgirl45]

My lurched was petrified of the vets but was fine with him coming to the house. I had her sedated with injection in the haunch and she drifted off before he put the final jab in her leg. It was the best it could have been for her

 

[Sandstone1]

I would go for pts sleep at home with sedation before if needed. Shooting is all very well for horses but for a dog it could be traumatic and messy. If it goes wrong it will be awful. Speak to your vet and see what they advise.

 

[MissTyc]

I used a specialised home euthanasia service for my bitch. Wasn't like a vet at all, although she was a vet, but was more like a visitor. She sat with us - me, my husband, our other dog and our poorly old girl - for ages, chatting and stroking her and then suddenly the sedation went in and then she laid her head on the floor and became very groggy and everything else followed seamlessly. It was 9pm on a Sunday night on the floor of a new house we'd only just moved into. Not planned, but couldn't have planned it any better. It really depends on your dog, of course, the attitude to visitors and to being handled. Only you can know what you and she are comfortable with, both at the time and to live with. I don't think there are any bad options for the animal as long as there is no distress/suffering.

 

[poiuytrewq]

I used a specialised home euthanasia service for my bitch. Wasn't like a vet at all, although she was a vet, but was more like a visitor. She sat with us - me, my husband, our other dog and our poorly old girl - for ages, chatting and stroking her and then suddenly the sedation went in and then she laid her head on the floor and became very groggy and everything else followed seamlessly. It was 9pm on a Sunday night on the floor of a new house we'd only just moved into. Not planned, but couldn't have planned it any better. It really depends on your dog, of course, the attitude to visitors and to being handled. Only you can know what you and she are comfortable with, both at the time and to live with. I don't think there are any bad options for the animal as long as there is no distress/suffering.

I’ve never heard of this, where/how did you find her?

My dog knows the few vets at the small practice we use.
Last time I took her she was so scared she collapsed by the door shaking and wouldn’t stand or anything, to any outsider she looked like she was dying there and then. The vet suggested we think about it being time.
The reality is really different, I know it’s approaching but right now she’s playing (initiating play) eating, trotting round the yard and field, she seems chirpy. She just went to bits in fear.

 

[Thistle]

I've seen this home service recommended https://cloud9vets.co.uk/

 

[MiJodsR2BlinkinTite]

I've seen this home service recommended https://cloud9vets.co.uk/

I can really highly recommend Cloud 9 vets; had them for our little terrier back in the summer. Unfortunately we had to make a decision quicker than we'd thought we would and our vets were not at that time doing home euthanasia (they are now).

Was very impressed with the service they provided; my worry about Little Man was the actual taking him in to the vets and having someone fiddle around with his paws - he was always for some reason very sensitive about his paws and wouldn't ever let me anywhere near his feet let alone a stranger - and I didn't want his last moments where someone was touching his toes and injecting him to be stressful, or worse still have to muzzle him.

The Cloud 9 vet came out and immediately put everyone at ease; we settled on doing the PTS in the haybarn, and vet sedated Little Man first in his rump with a sedative. When he began to get drowsy we put him onto my lap whilst I was sitting on a haybale and we did the job there, all very peaceful - and the very best I could have wished for a lovely little dog like he was.

Vet gave us plenty of time to sit with Little Man afterwards too which was good.

They charged (from memory) £269 for the PTS without cremation; we buried him at home and put a cherry tree on top. Well worth the money and I'm already planning on using Cloud 9 for existing dog when her time comes.

Personally I wouldn't be so keen on the "shooting" method of despatch - unless you are very very sure of your marksman and are prepared to clear up the result afterwards, which won't be pleasant; we did happen to discuss this with a licenced knackerman who we had to have in the summer (round about the same time as the dog in fact) and he said yes he had "despatched" dogs in the past and said they'd known nothing about it, but he is an expert shot and is given the job of sedating etc a lot of the zoo animals around the area. I would have trusted him to do the job, but whilst we did think about it it just didn't seem to be the right thing for this occasion. We had however chosen the knackerman over the vet for my mare who was needle-phobic, so if this is an issue for the dog then this is perhaps worthy of consideration in the circumstances.

So sorry you are in this position.

 

[Clodagh]

Ours are sometimes shot. Tbh I am not keen as it’s brutal for the human, but heaps nicer for the dog.
I am not sure why I recommend it for horses but not dogs.

 

[HorseyTee]

My old girl was absolutely terrified of the vets so I knew when it was time there was no way I'd have it done there.

My colleagues came to the house, I'd already collected a light sedative that morning so she was comfy.
It was a calm moment and she wasn't showing any signs of fear.
I also let her son in after (I had bred her and kept him so he'd never been apart from her) so he could spend a little time and understand.
She stayed at home overnight and I slept downstairs with her and took her to be cremated the next morning.

It is definitely the option I'd prefer even with .you others who aren't scared of the vets.
I get into a huge state so it made things easier all round and certainly helped me knowing she just went to sleep in her own home.