This is the scenario I was given to write about in my class, and it throughly pissed me off. So now I'm curious, to see what other people would do.
You are a registered veterinary technician. A clint brings into your clinic a one-year-old toy poodle for the second time in a month. The last time the animal was in your clinic, it was diagnosed with a moderate case of flea allergy dermatitis. Medicine was given as well as flea powder and instructions were given on vacuuming, dusting the premises, and spraying the outside yard thoroughly for several weeks to prevent recurrence of this problem. After re-examining the dog, you conclude that not only has the dogs condition deteriorated, but you believe the medicine was not properly applied as directed. The client tells you, for the first time, that the animal has been impossible to house break and the client wants you to put the dog to sleep....What do you do??
2007-02-06 11:35:32 · 9 answers · asked by giggles for breakfast :) 2 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
You inform the client that you realize that they do not want the dog, but as the dog is perfectly healthy, you are going to try to have somebody adopt it, and any money you get for it (since it is a purebred and young) you will pass on to the client
They couldn't possibly argue that!
2007-02-06 11:42:57 · answer #1 · answered by allyalexmch 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i'd keep the pup and put the owner down. SERIOUSLY!
My husband is a UPS man and he delivered to a vet who was given a perfectly healthy dog to put down because the owner didn't want it any longer. They vets took the dog and the money for the procedure and then was talked out of it buy the vet techs. They food an new loving home for the dog. Apparently they could have gotten in to a lot of trouble for this, but i think they did a noble thing and it's what i would have done after breaking the owners nose of course! I would like to think i would tell the owner i would adopt out the dog and not put the animal down. Vets should have the same oath as human Drs. to do no harm so they couldn't put down a perfectly healthy life deserving animal.
Mikala
2007-02-06 11:50:48 · answer #2 · answered by kaylamay64 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Offer to take the dog in and adopt it out for the owner. I worked in a vet clinic for many years and if an owner was not taking care of an animal or no longer wanted an animal we would take it in and adopt it out, if we had the room. Otherwise we would take to the local humane society. You don't have to put the dog down. You can refuse service. They may refuse to sign over the dog to you and may take is somewhere else, but it would be against my convitions and ethics to euthanize and healthy (with fixably illness), non agressive, young animal. But as a vet tech, it's technically all up to the attending vet, all we get to do is what we're told!
2007-02-07 07:30:05 · answer #3 · answered by auequine 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The vets I worked for would ask the client if they would be willing to re-home the dog - then contact the closest Poodle rescue group, and/or and Poodle breeder clients or Poodle crazy clients to see if they were willing to take & foster or keep the dog.
We did one time put down several older cats & dogs due to a client losing their house in a sudden split & divorce - but, these were older pets with varying health issues, not likely candidates for re-homing. Sad, but necessary things happen like this in the real world sometimes.
2007-02-06 12:29:40 · answer #4 · answered by mustanglynnie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've actually been through this! Except it was with a 2 year old corgie mix. I'm a kennel tech, so I have to hold the animals as they get put to sleep and what-not. This one really pissed me off, cause the owner just didn't want it anymore, and even after we offered to find it a home she told us to put it down because he was 'vicious', yet as I held off the vein in his leg for the leathal injection he licked me in the face until he faded away. I cried so much that night. It's inhumane for someone to put their pet to sleep just because it has problems. We unfortunately have to put the animal to sleep when the owner tells us to, but sometimes we tell the owner 'we are too busy right now to do it immediately, just leave him/her here and we'll take care of it after-hours' and then we usually find it a home with a loving owner that is willing to care and train for it properly. We did that with 12 drop-off puppies too.
2007-02-06 12:29:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would tell her that I will get the doctor so that she can speak with him about these issues. It wouldn't be a vet techs duty to put the dog down. At least it wasn't at the hospital I worked in. The vet's and only the vet's did the euthanizing of animals.
2007-02-06 11:44:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am an avid animal lover (owner of 5 dogs myself) and i have had to put down dogs before, but for health reasons. I think I would sit down and describe all the possiblities for the owner to release the dog out for adoption, but if they insist, as a vet tech, you have to follow their wish. Its your duty. You are not there to decide right or wrong, you are simply there to provide a service.
2007-02-06 11:43:55 · answer #7 · answered by lauren101888 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
By law unless she signs the animal over to the vet office or SPCA you have to follow the owners instructions. Most owners that are just fed up will often sign the animal over.
2007-02-06 17:07:35 · answer #8 · answered by silvaspurranch 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just ake it and get a new home
2007-02-06 13:11:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋