Putting a pet to sleep: A vet reveals what breaks his heart
Created: 08/18/2022, 12:30 p.m
By: Jasmine Farah
It's never nice to say goodbye to a beloved pet.
But some can hardly bear it.
To the chagrin of the four-legged friends.
For many, pets are part of the family, they have become a valuable member over the years that you no longer want to be without.
It hits you all the harder when, for example, you are seriously ill and don't have much longer to live.
Sometimes all hope is lost and the animals only have to suffer towards the end.
Then many veterinarians advise sparing the beloved pet and having it put down.
But this moment is so terrible for some pet owners that they want to escape from it.
A fatal mistake, says a veterinarian.
Putting a pet to sleep: A vet reveals what breaks his heart
During euthanasia, the animal is given an injection of an overdose of anesthetic.
With the result that it gradually falls asleep, no longer feels pain and is no longer aware of anything.
In addition, in deep anesthesia, at some point, breathing and heart beating will stop.
However, some animal owners cannot endure these minutes before death occurs.
You have to leave the practice room in grief.
But a Twitter user named Jessi Dietrich reports that it's something vets don't approve of.
When a beloved pet needs to be put to sleep, owners should stand by them.
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In her Twitter post, she writes that she asked a veterinarian what the hardest thing about his job was.
His answer was: euthanizing four-legged friends.
But it is even worse, according to him, when many pet owners leave the room when their four-legged friends have to be put to sleep.
Putting animals to sleep: It's better not to leave darling alone
But in these most difficult minutes of your life you should not leave the animal alone.
It is often precisely then that they seek and need love and the closeness of their owner.
However, when they leave, according to the veterinarian, the animals would have looked around the room in panic for their caregivers.
This sight breaks his heart regularly.
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The post is four years old, but it still goes viral on the internet.
Many users have already commented on it.
Some of them who cannot understand why you leave your beloved animal alone during the euthanasia.
After all, dogs in particular are very affectionate, loyal and caring.
But other pets have also been an important companion in life for a long time and, according to the users, deserve to be there for them even in this difficult time.
Even if it hurts and is hard to bear when a beloved pet dies.
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