I’m a vet and this is what really happens after you decide to put your dog down

Veterinarians have revealed what really happens after you decide to put your dog to sleep.

A woman, believed to be American, sparked the conversation after she shared a post after on Reddit writes, “What happens to a dog’s body after it’s put to sleep?” And did I embarrass myself during the trial?’

She explained that she had recently lost her Shih Tzu to liver problems – and admitted that she felt she wasn’t trying hard enough to save him.

However, a number of vets responded to the post on the site, with one explaining: ‘I don’t think your vet will judge you for not doing more.

“We see the whole spectrum of things, no one takes that decision lightly. Everyone grieves differently, there is no ‘wrong’ way.’

The original poster shared a post on the Reddit AskVet saying, “He was diagnosed with a liver mass three years ago, and our best guess is that it ruptured.

“When we woke up that morning he had peed all over the floor (which he hadn’t done once since he was a puppy), his stomach was visibly distended and he was leaning to one side.

“He could barely walk or sit, was panting hard and trembling. Long story short, we ended up putting him to sleep later that morning.”

She told people she was given a choice to either put her pet to sleep or watch him suffer, but she chose to end his suffering.

She said her vet offered blood work to see if there was anything we could do to give him more time, but I declined.’

The main motivation behind her decision was that “he was suffering so much, and she felt that any further extension of it would be for me and not for him.”

But the woman still feels guilty and says to the wire, “If I could go back, maybe I’d try.”

The vet “then gave him a physical exam, was visibly morose, then walked us through the euthanasia process.”

Her Shih Tzu was treated well to the very end, with the veterinary staff petting him and putting him in a comfortable bed, wrapping him in a blanket before he left.

The dog owner also wanted to make her beloved pet’s departure as pleasant as possible – her husband “even ran out to get him an order of McDonald’s chips, his favorite food,” but to the couple’s chagrin, the dog “wanted them to Do not touch’. ‘.

However, she took this as a good sign – that it was her lovely dog’s destiny to leave them at this time, reassuring her that ‘we made the right choice’ as ‘he’s never turned down a potato of any kind’ .

He was then given anesthesia for the procedure, before the woman held him tightly.

Still uncomfortable with her decision to let her dog go, she “panicked” and “asked the vet and technician if she made the right choice.”

She told Reddit: “It feels like I killed him. Did I make the right choice?’

The Reddit user stated that her grief was “some of the most profound I’ve experienced in my life.”

After facing the horrible reality, the couple decided to “opt for a private cremation” with “free paw prints and a fur trim” for the mourners.

Still full of regret, the user said she’I can’t stop imagining the moment when the tech (who was awesome) came to get her son.

“And I can’t stop thinking about my baby lying in a refrigerator drawer either.”

Eager to shake off her worries about embarrassing herself at the vet, she asked, “Wwhat goes on when processing an animal’s body after death?

“I’m so afraid I should have done more, and they think I should have done more.”

The folks at Reddit AskVet were sympathetic, with one commenter affirming that the original poster “did the right thing” and offered condolences.

The thread, in which vets mainly give their expert opinions on all things animal, said: ‘I’ve seen a lot of ruptured masses and it’s never a good death if you leave them alone.

“There is very little to do when the mass is on the liver. The most common type of mass here is a very aggressive cancer and the chance that it has already spread would have been well over 80-90 percent.

“You certainly didn’t embarrass yourself. Losing a pet is devastating, especially if it’s unplanned.”

The user, who claimed to be a veterinarian, went on to say, “As for the body, before the company collects the body, it is bagged, labeled and placed in the freezer.”

Another vet weighed in on the woman’s decision to put her dog down, saying: “Normally all hair clippings, paw prints or other mementos are made, the body is placed in a container (such as a body bag or cardboard box) and some form of identification is placed on the remains.

‘The remains will then be transferred to the hospital’s remains storage – depending on the size of the hospital and the cremation company will be notified and the remains will be there waiting for collection’.

And another user, who admitted to not being a vet, said, “You didn’t embarrass yourself. I think you should at least see a therapist for a few sessions so you can get some comfort and validation for your feelings.”