If you had to dispatch a family pet, how would you do it?
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I do love animals, believe me. I had a dog when I was a child and when it was put down, it was the most traumatic experience of my childhood.
I always figure farmers know best. Robert Latimer dispatched his daughter....no needles...no shotguns. Truly humane way! (Im not arguing legalities here). And the dog will just lie down..and sleep!
I KNOW I KNOW...us humans think HOW COULD YOU.... f mahovalich.... DO THAT!!!!
BUT TRUST ME...A DOG GOING TO A VET FOR ANY REASON IS STRESSFUL.
Either way..have a friend do the deed..whatever you decide!!!
Perhaps give it to a friend...or take it to that friend..... with an older, Carbon Monoxide releasing car.
Trust me..most cars will do the trick anyway..but if ya wanna be MORE SURE..go with the older car!
I KNOW I KNOW...us humans think HOW COULD YOU.... f mahovalich.... DO THAT!!!!
BUT TRUST ME...A DOG GOING TO A VET FOR ANY REASON IS STRESSFUL.
Either way..have a friend do the deed..whatever you decide!!!
Perhaps give it to a friend...or take it to that friend..... with an older, Carbon Monoxide releasing car.
Trust me..most cars will do the trick anyway..but if ya wanna be MORE SURE..go with the older car!
I don't know where some of the clowns on here are coming up with their information that death by CO poisoning is painless. It is not.
It is not quick, it is not painless, and it is not stress free.
First off, it will take hours of running a noisy lawn mower in the garage to fill the garage up with EXHAUST SMOKE, not CO. CO is simply one part of EXHAUST SMOKE (I think some of you have been huffing on gasoline frankly). EXHAUST SMOKE contains Sulphur, Sulphur Dioxide, Nitrogen Oxide, unburnt fuel, C02, CO. It's fucking nasty stuff that will leave you with coughing fits and eventual suffocation.
Even poisoning by CO is not "painless" as the uneducated and uniformed here might think.
Basically, you are suffocating. Symptoms of CO poisoning include severe headache, nausea, vomiting, and convulsions. All this before death.
Obviously the morons who came up with this idea are the same kind of fools who think it smart to spout off about "solutions" to every problem when they have no fucking clue of what they are talking about. I could probably pose a question to them, "how would I go about building a house" and even though they have NO FUCKING CLUE about how to build a house, they will sit there and tell me to how to build a house.
It is not quick, it is not painless, and it is not stress free.
First off, it will take hours of running a noisy lawn mower in the garage to fill the garage up with EXHAUST SMOKE, not CO. CO is simply one part of EXHAUST SMOKE (I think some of you have been huffing on gasoline frankly). EXHAUST SMOKE contains Sulphur, Sulphur Dioxide, Nitrogen Oxide, unburnt fuel, C02, CO. It's fucking nasty stuff that will leave you with coughing fits and eventual suffocation.
Even poisoning by CO is not "painless" as the uneducated and uniformed here might think.
Basically, you are suffocating. Symptoms of CO poisoning include severe headache, nausea, vomiting, and convulsions. All this before death.
Obviously the morons who came up with this idea are the same kind of fools who think it smart to spout off about "solutions" to every problem when they have no fucking clue of what they are talking about. I could probably pose a question to them, "how would I go about building a house" and even though they have NO FUCKING CLUE about how to build a house, they will sit there and tell me to how to build a house.
Pure CO may be undetectable, but most people's cars emit all sorts of other fumes along with it that are plenty detectable, and likely torture to an animal whose nose is more sensitive than our eyes. If someone's determined on gas, they should try CO2 (dry ice) it's heavier than air and odourless, and easier to deal with.
Our vet is very understanding and sympathetic, neither of the cats we've had to put down reacted to the needle in the slightest, and both died peacefully in my arms. Don't see how you could do better.
I would start by remembering the three most important things about real estate... location, location, location
With their lack of compassion towards animals I believe we have the makings of some first rate serial killers here in Terb land.
Going to the vet is not always a stressful thing to an animal, it depends on said animals experiences with vet, the vet him/herself , and wether or not the owner had been smart/considerate enough to train the animal that the experience is not a stressful one.
DO NOT USE Carbon Monoxide.
Complete horror stories exist of people attempting suicide by Carbon Monoxide. A modern car engine WILL NOT KILL by carbon monoxide. Lawnmowers, too, are much cleaner than they were. The resulting bain damage and horror stories from the failed attempts are horrendous. Carbon monoxide can leave you incapacitated for the rest of your life.
Also: How are you going to switch the lawnmower off? What if the air gets into your house?
Complete horror stories exist of people attempting suicide by Carbon Monoxide. A modern car engine WILL NOT KILL by carbon monoxide. Lawnmowers, too, are much cleaner than they were. The resulting bain damage and horror stories from the failed attempts are horrendous. Carbon monoxide can leave you incapacitated for the rest of your life.
Also: How are you going to switch the lawnmower off? What if the air gets into your house?
OP framed the question as seeking a cost-saving method. I fail to see how the cost of using a proper veterinarian service is so high as to be prohibitive or disruptive. If the OP's financial situation is such that the cost of vet euthanasia IS prohibitive (not being judgmental) it seems questionable that the cost of maintaining and feeding a pet in the first place would be affordable to him.
That said, here's my opinions on whats been discussed here. Remember, advice on the internet is as always worth precisely what is paid for it.
WORST SOLUTION:
Death by car fumes is not pleasant in any way. Pure carbon monoxide is colorless/odorless etc but burnt gas does not produce pure carbon monoxide. Also, even if you COULD get real pure carbon monoxide colorless/odorless does not mean necessarily mean painless - typically headaches, nausea and physical weakness set in long before unconsciousness or death. (Ergo the dog will definably know something unpleasant is up.)
SECOND WORST SOLUTION:
Death by bullet CAN be instant. It can also not... There is no sure thing here unless you have the weapon handling skill and animal anatomy knowledge for a perfect instant kill. Be advised that discharging a firearm (even non-restricted) within city limits is a crime and if your neighbors hear you'll get a visit from the ETF guys at Toronto Police. You will likely also kill a part of your soul.
IMPROVISED SOLUTION:
And lastly, if you absolutely hate the idea of using needles of any kind and must insist on using a gas-based solution then the only truly humane gas I can think of would be a breath mask with pure nitrogen. Being that air is nigh 80% nitrogen anyway, it should be indistinguishable from regular air and should not trigger suffocation defense reflexes (carbon dioxide "exhaust" will still be exhaled normally). Technically in a pure nitrogen environment a human or mid-sized mammal should simply feel tired and pass out in under 5 minutes and die in their sleep from unconscious oxygen deprivation within 20 minutes or less.
110% SUGGESTED SOLUTION:
Veterinarian lethal injection is massively more humane than capital punishment lethal injection. If you are associating the two and fear your pet will suffer burning sensations, chest tightness/contraction, convulsions etc etc as have been described in executions you can rest easy as the pet injection mix is much more benign. (It has even been suggested that execution lethal injection be switched to use the same cocktail as vets.) This can be looked up on google to confirm for yourself.
Just use the damn vet. If you can afford a car+garage, or a rifle+ammo, or a nitrogen tank rig or... well an internet connection - you can afford $50 no?
That said, here's my opinions on whats been discussed here. Remember, advice on the internet is as always worth precisely what is paid for it.
WORST SOLUTION:
Death by car fumes is not pleasant in any way. Pure carbon monoxide is colorless/odorless etc but burnt gas does not produce pure carbon monoxide. Also, even if you COULD get real pure carbon monoxide colorless/odorless does not mean necessarily mean painless - typically headaches, nausea and physical weakness set in long before unconsciousness or death. (Ergo the dog will definably know something unpleasant is up.)
SECOND WORST SOLUTION:
Death by bullet CAN be instant. It can also not... There is no sure thing here unless you have the weapon handling skill and animal anatomy knowledge for a perfect instant kill. Be advised that discharging a firearm (even non-restricted) within city limits is a crime and if your neighbors hear you'll get a visit from the ETF guys at Toronto Police. You will likely also kill a part of your soul.
IMPROVISED SOLUTION:
And lastly, if you absolutely hate the idea of using needles of any kind and must insist on using a gas-based solution then the only truly humane gas I can think of would be a breath mask with pure nitrogen. Being that air is nigh 80% nitrogen anyway, it should be indistinguishable from regular air and should not trigger suffocation defense reflexes (carbon dioxide "exhaust" will still be exhaled normally). Technically in a pure nitrogen environment a human or mid-sized mammal should simply feel tired and pass out in under 5 minutes and die in their sleep from unconscious oxygen deprivation within 20 minutes or less.
110% SUGGESTED SOLUTION:
Veterinarian lethal injection is massively more humane than capital punishment lethal injection. If you are associating the two and fear your pet will suffer burning sensations, chest tightness/contraction, convulsions etc etc as have been described in executions you can rest easy as the pet injection mix is much more benign. (It has even been suggested that execution lethal injection be switched to use the same cocktail as vets.) This can be looked up on google to confirm for yourself.
Just use the damn vet. If you can afford a car+garage, or a rifle+ammo, or a nitrogen tank rig or... well an internet connection - you can afford $50 no?
I have had to put down 5 pets in my lifetime and i have done it the same way each time.I have the vet euthanize the animal in my presence while it is being petted by me. After all of the unconditional love that was given to me by my pets must be returned in the best way possible.Do the right thing, you already know what it is but you are hoping that some of the responses will ease your conscience.
How do REAL tragedies affect you?.... good lord...fuck, reading this thread made me sad........
Hey guys, thanks for all the responses. I've decided to do the old "grab them by the back legs and smack them off a brick wall" method. It's fast, painless, and not very messy. Hey, $50 is $50!
(btw, it's a cat. This "unconditional love" thing is absurd when talking about them.)
(btw, it's a cat. This "unconditional love" thing is absurd when talking about them.)
Just make sure you smack it several times and smack it hard, like think of someone you hate.
Cats are resistant little mofos.
That would also be another good way to not actually kill the animal ... It might get you a visit from the SPCA.
Is this thread for real, or are we getting pranked???
I think you should get a large friend (or enemy) to grab your legs and try this on you first, just to make sure it won't be too painful.
This is one of the most disturbing and ignorant things I've read on this site.
You are a sick individual.
