When is it time to put elderly dog down
Watch this BEFORE putting your old dog to sleep!
good evening guys
I just wanted to do a video to say thank
you to everybody distantly condolences
after minke died and I took comfort from
a lot of those posts some more so than
others and I filled it certainly in the
last few years I've become more critical
in my thinking and as such and I don't
sound ungrateful he has sent kindness
the the Rainbow Bridge type condolences
don't really do much for me although it
was one nice story you said when
somebody said that mean kill get up
there and all the other dogs will be oh
you're a brown dog that was really cute
and it made me smile but you know I
don't mind personally I don't believe
that that stuff and Easter Ryan because
if it brings him more comfort than more
power to you but but for me it doesn't
bring me comfort so I was a little bit
surprised at what did bring me comfort
because on the last day me and minke
went out and we did all her favorite
things and she saw Zeus he was down here
sleeping we went out and she said she
had loads of new food she'd never had
before took her for a couple of
different walks and just sat with her on
the beach and let no just strangers come
up to her and say hello because that was
almost their favorite thing and then
when it came to time I called her and
told her which I loved it and
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just a girl she was because she never
perfect wrong now and wanted to be there
further for the entire process and I
realized that as the vet was injecting
her you know that final injection I
didn't know how it worked now they did
explain to me that they give a sedative
first to make her drowsy relaxed but she
could still hear me and she could still
she could still hear me I'm filming
and since stuff so that was the first
injection that she had and I cut over
for a couple of minutes and told her
just spoke to her and was there for her
then the second injection was an
anesthetic to put her under
and then third injection was sodium
pentobarbital now the the make was
called domme lethal and I realized
that's there which I injected now I
didn't know how it worked so I went home
and did a bit of research and it allowed
me to understand what it was and how it
worked really made me feel better about
the process because that's one of those
things that affects people differently
and I believe that's probably down to
the experiences that you haven't
personally the experiences that I've had
have been quite traumatic everything
from the death of my mum to the death of
the dogs I've lost like little Pablo who
was run over by a car in
mountains and I had to give him
mouth-to-mouth on the way to the vets
that I found that incredibly traumatic
so Mindy's death was almost peaceful in
comparison there's definitely a lot
easier but I found that this brought me
comfort so I thought that I would do
this video just in case it it brought
somebody else comfort as well so while I
was researching it I came across a
euthanasia technicians manual and it
tells you all about how the drug works
and what actually happens to the dog so
I'm going to explain that if that's you
don't want to listen to that then you
better start listening now so the drug
itself was called don't lethal that was
the brand name but the the actual drug
is called sodium pentobarbital now I'm
gonna read you a little excerpt from it
sodium pentobarbital is an effective
euthanasia agent because of its effect
on brain function when introduced into
the bloodstream sodium pentobarbital
moves rapidly to the heart and then into
the brain where it quickly and
painlessly depresses all vital life
functions a lethal intravenous dose of
sodium pentobarbital bar battle causes a
mammal to lose consciousness within
seconds and results in clinical death
within just minutes so I want to know
how actually what happened and it turns
out that they moved through various
stages but all quite quickly so the
first stage is known as voluntary
excitement as the sodium pentobarbital
was injected the drug makes his way from
the injection site to the heart and is
then pumped to the outermost layer of
the brain called the cerebral cortex as
the animal begins to lose consciousness
and coordination he or she may become
increasingly sensitive to noise touch
and other stimuli general safe restraint
and a quiet environment are essential to
minimize excitement in the space as the
truck passes through the cerebral cortex
the animal quickly begins to lose the
ability to
Payne although they will still be able
to feel deep pain and they'll lose
volunteer motor skills now at this stage
they lose the drug shuts down the
animals nor inhibit inhibitory centers
so you've got to be worried that they
might bite if they were unlikely if even
if they were run like its bite
beforehand late and they may well do
during this process again I don't think
that's the case for minke because she
was given a couple of different drugs
beforehand to really make sure that she
was not going to suffer next the drug
moves through the cerebral cortex and
into the cerebrum the area of the brain
responsible for higher-order functioning
like senses memory personality and
emotions the imbalance resulting from
the presence of the drug in this region
frequently causes uncontrolled motor
activity like paddling on the legs and
vocalizations
well then although this may be
disconcerting to see the animal is
completely unconscious and not suffering
once the drug has made its way through
the cerebrum it enters the cerebellum
the area of the brain that governs
balance and gross motor activity at this
point the animal can feel no pain at all
and does not respond to a visual or
distri similar reflexes including eye
blinking toe pinch begin to disappear as
well now the animal is considered to be
in a state of surgical anesthesia and
could be safely and painlessly operated
on providing a heartbeat it must brace
in the maintained now this is the base
for many of the drugs that are used to
anesthetize animals
I don't maybe even humans I don't know
okay so the next stage
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and if sodium pentobarbital has been
injected into a vein the animal
generally reaches this stage as soon as
for five seconds after injections after
injection now when performing surgery on
an animal in stage three underneath
anesthesia specialists ensure that the
drug is administered do not compromise
the core functions of the deepest part
of the brain in the brainstem the
medulla oblongata the brainstem is
responsible for the body's most basic
needs for survival breathing heartbeat
blood pressure with euthanasia however
the goal is to have the drug reach the
animal's brain stem and depress the core
functions as quickly as possible
sodium pentobarbital achieves this goal
stopping the animal from breathing in
oxygen and circulating blood usually
within just 40 seconds after injection
i've directly after injection into a
vein when these core functions cease the
animal dies the berm you may see signs
of life but it's not the dog fighting
for life it is it's the body response to
it but the animal is already dead it's
not enough to inject an animal with a
lethal dose of sodium pentobarbital and
assume that he or she has been
euthanized to euthanasia is not complete
until death has been verified
if sodium pentobarbital has been
injected going into a vein the animal
typically passes through all four stages
of anesthesia in a matter of seconds the
drug has instead been injected into the
abdominal cavity the process will take
longer simply because the drug must
first be absorbed into the bloodstream
in order to then be carried from the
heart to the brain apparently this is
what they use in assisted suicide for
humans as well this drug bumper burn
then goes on to now for me
understanding that stuff made a made a
difference to make sure that I knew that
she wasn't in any pain at any point and
again I'm only really doing it in the
hope that it will help somebody else who
may be suffering listen I honestly
genuinely do appreciate all your
comments and to everybody that had said
thank you and Sophia loss or Rainbow
Bridge stories or whatever it might be
I do appreciate me I just I don't know I
saw it
brightest out there and in the hopes it
all helps on anyway yeah in the next
couple of days have been trying to keep
myself really busy I can't say thank you
enough to my fiance Joan who flew back
from the UK bang in the middle of a load
of seminars that she's giving so that
she could be here to support me but
she's back in the UK now so good luck
your stuff Joe thank you I love you
in the next few days I'll probably do a
live some question I'll tell you what
there's a post I put up about a week ago
that we've posted on popular opinion and
that unpopular opinion that you weren't
allowed to argue of it you just have to
say agree or disagree it's a little bit
lower down and if you're on Facebook
what I'm going to do is I'm going to
weight our way through those comments
because there's some really interesting
topics and I'm going to give you my
point of view if that's the only
interest you to you keep your eyes open
and I will will you sit in the next few
days maybe I'll just do it live I think
probably anyway to anybody else that's
going through what I'm going through at
the moment and I'm sorry for your loss
as well does it sucks much love
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