Pet Euthanasia: The bitter truth for pet owners to face

Having a pet at home is one of the common practices followed by human beings from many years and will continue till the end of human civilization. The love of people towards their pets can be seen in the families where animals like dogs and cats are domesticated, in these families, these animals are not an animal to look after their home or to entertain their children. But, like other family members these animals are given same preference and respect, and strict attention is paid towards their all minute needs. The attachment of the people towards their pet can be witnessed whenever they notice any unusual behavior from their pet. For instance, it is the habit of every pet that as soon as any member of the family returns back to home from outside they not only run to open the gate for them but lick their legs until they are not confirmed that he is back.

Nevertheless, but a time in a life comes when they have to say bye to their beloved pet one. It is the time which no pet love had ever imagine to come in his life, but as every living being has to die one day, similarly your beloved pet has also leave you. The only difference while separating from your dear ones and beloved pets is that in the former you do not know what the next moment will bring to you. Because, death has no calendar, but when it comes to separating from pet comes, they start behaving abnormal way. This can be noticed from their behavior in form of skipping meals, not greeting you, sleeping throughout the day etc.

If you find any kind of such symptoms in your pet, it is an indication that he is going through the last phase of his life.  Now, watching your pet going in the  arms of death could be quite painful for pet owners, and therefore the option let with them is to go for At Home Pet Euthanasia. However, before that you can consult to your veterinarian about the reason behind his dull behavior. If this is due to any illness then your veterinarian will suggest necessary treatment for your pet. Anyhow, if he says that the life span of your dear pet is coming to an end, then you have to think for some best option and talk about it with your friends, relatives, colleagues and of-course with your veterinarian. Because, finally he is the person who understands your feelings, emotions and attachment towards your pet.

You can make your all doubts related with euthanasia cleared with him and  the process that would be adopted by him before and after euthanasia. You can fix an appointment with him,  after which the veterinarian will come to your home and go through the process of euthanasia in the presence of all the members of your family. Before, it he will ask you to love your beloved pet for the last time and then will silently inject an injection in his body to offer him a pleasant sleep.

How to deal the situation while you put your dog down?

When you love someone you are ready to anything for him without expecting anything in return from him. Therefore, it is said, that when you love someone, love him selfless, because a person loving truly to someone is ready to anything for his beloved without any concern of pain. Interestingly, this feeling of love is not only restricted to your family members and friends but even towards your pet ones. Having a dog at home as pet in itself is cherishing and as soon as you bring a puppy at your home he becomes dearer to everyone in family that nobody can bear a separation for a moment with him. But, unfortunately dogs do not have long life as compared to human beings and other pets, and therefore one day there will be a time when you will be required to get separated from your dog, despite of not willing to do that.

On the other hand, it is nature’s rule that every living person on this universe has to die one day and therefore when it comes to get separated from your dog, you should take it as nature’s will and accept the situation as you have accepted while separating from your dear ones. Anyhow, if you are putting your dog down for the first time there might be various thoughts coming into your mind, which you might feel help in getting you away from the situation of putting a dog down.

But, when you will seriously go beyond your feelings, you will realize that undoubtedly these thoughts will help you in protecting you from facing this brutal situation, but in future when you will look back, you will feel that your love towards your puppy was selfish.

Normally, it is seen that pups experience immense pain at the time when it comes to put them down. This you can recognize by noticing change in their way of dragging themselves. You will realize that they are not able to drag themselves as they had been doing earlier. If this is happening with your beloved dog, it means that they are going through the pain and as he is not less than a family member for you it might be difficult for you to see your beloved puppy in such situation. At that point you might think for giving them necessary medicines.

Albeit, this could help in offering some kind of relaxation to your beloved dog, but think over it, whether your beloved puppy is liking the way he is dragging himself. Ask from yourself, that are you doing this for his betterment or for yourself. To get rid of this, I mean to let your puppy free from this problem it would be better to be stronger and go for let him down through some pain less process.

During this process your dog will be injected which will make him sleep and then result in cardiac attack, which would be painless, offering him pleasant sleep.  Although, doing all this will be daunting for you and you might even feel guilty on your part but if you will think as a mature person you will understand that you done the right task.

Have you got your pet kittens vaccinated?

If you think that the phrase “Health is Wealth” is developed only for human beings then you are doing a big mistake, because alike human beings animals also suffer from various diseases but as they are not able to reveal their feelings we do not notice about their ailments they suffer from. But in case if you a kitten as pet at your home, such type of ignorance might push you towards certain serious health problems which will reach to you only through your beloved kitten, without whom you cannot imagine how your life would have been due to highly emotionally attachment with him.

This might surprise you that if your beloved kitten is suffering from any of the infectious disease then its bacteria will enter too in your body and you could also be caught from same fatal disease from which your kitten suffers. To get rid of this problem that best is to get your kittens vaccinated from time to time strictly according to the guidelines determined by veterinary science. The practice of kitten vaccinations has flourished highly during the recent years, but still sometimes due to hectic working schedule we forgot to our vaccinated on time, as happened with one of my friends who forgot the time of vaccinations and came to know about his mistake when his beloved cat was caught serious health problem. 

As a general practice little dogs and cats are tame in families and men being an emotional animal soon get emotionally attached with his pet that he starts considering him as his family member and looks after his every basic needs. If you also have a kitten at your home it will be better to maintain a chart about their vaccination and keep it updated accordingly. Here it should be remembered that the vaccination program for both cats and dogs is different, which is referred in coming paragraphs.

For dogs the core vaccinations are:

1. Canine Parvo Virus
2. Canine Distemper Virus
3. Infectious Canine Hepatitis Virus

The schedule of different vaccinations referred above is as follows:

1. At tha age between six to eight weeks: First vaccination
2. Ten to twelve weeks: Second vaccination
3. At the age of fourteen to sixteen weeks: Third Vaccination
4. Booster after completion of one year
5. And revaccination: After every three years for an adult pet.

Non Core Vaccines: Although these vaccines are recommended for adult dogs but not mandatory   Use of these vaccine helps in protecting from fatal diseases like Kennel cough and Leptospirosis.

For cats core vaccinations are:

1. Feline Panleukopenia Virus (FPV)
2. Feline Herpes Virus
3. Feline Calcivirus

Duration of these vaccinations:

1. First vaccination at the age between six and eight weeks
2. Second at age from ten to twelve weeks
3. Third at the age between fourteen to sixteen weeks
4. Booster revaccination dose

The non-core vaccination doses for cats are as follows:

1. Feline Leukemia Virus
2. Feline Infectious Peritonitis
3. Feline Immunodeficiency Virus
4. And Chlamydophila Felis

Remember that vaccination to your pet from time to time will not only protect them from the attack of serious diseases but will also fortunate you to enjoy long life with your pets without any trouble.