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RE: [RC] old age/emergency euthanasia - heidiI don't think I could make myself do that. What about cutting the jugular? That seems like less chance of missing & less pain. It doesn't hurt to bleed out does it? First of all, cutting the jugular hurts. Second, bleeding out can lead to panic--which I doubt is mentally a very pleasant situation. Does it beat hours and hours of horrible suffering? Probably. We had a situation in a very remote area at an endurance ride where we had injectable anesthesia but no euthanasia solution and no gun. The vet involved put the horse under and then bled him out. She said it was really horrible, because as he bled out, the anesthesia wore off, and he really did thrash and get panicky. But it didn't take him long to die after that, and he was up on a remote mountaintop with a shattered leg, so other options were far less humane than what she did. Second, there is no pain whatsoever in being rendered immediately unconscious by a well-placed blow to the brain. I suffered one a little over a year ago from a horse's hoof after I had come off. My helmet was shattered, and I was unconscious. I have no memory whatsoever of the hit--the lights just went out. I distinctly remember landing--and then nothing. Yes, the fact that I came to afterward, I did suffer a bit of pain at the point of contact. But we are not talking about situations here where the horse is going to wake up afterward. Personally, knock me unconscious ANY day, rather than bleed me out... Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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