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by CrysBuck25 on 08 February 2010 - 17:02

And as for the infection...Even in a vet's office, or doctor's office, dogs, cats, and people routinely pick up infections following surgery..It happens. Can't blame the guy for that, really, either.

Crys

by TessJ10 on 08 February 2010 - 17:02

What local anesthetic did he use? What could he have gotten, non-RX, that would be effective?

And even that doesn't matter if he didn't do the job well. If you did it, and did it smoothly and well, fine. But if this guy was a hacker and didn't do a good job (he obviously was careless somewhere since infection ensued), he caused pain with his hack job, and any "local anesthetic" was worthless in dealing with that, because using a "local" for the procedure doesn't help the animal afterwards.

by Keith Grossman on 08 February 2010 - 17:02

I was simply playing the devil's advocate, CrysBuck, but removing a splinter or patching up a scrape is not surgery; it's basic first aid.

by CrysBuck25 on 08 February 2010 - 17:02

For now, it is, Keith..

Until someone decides that it's practicing medicine without a license, and decides to start arresting people for it!

Have a good one, everybody...I'm off to get some work done!

Crys

by Keith Grossman on 08 February 2010 - 17:02

Oh, for Christ's sake, maybe they'll decide that giving your child milk is the same as giving him/her steroids as well and make that illegal? We could explore never-gonna-happen what-if situations all day.

by VomMarischal on 08 February 2010 - 17:02

My ex was a cowboy who used to do his own SPAYS. It's just what happens when you're in the outback. I dunno about that guy in the article; who taught him his medical info, for instance? I'd guess nobody. Also, no self-respecting cowboy would have bothered removing one of those lipomas that most old labs get. Cruelty? Well, I guess they had to call it something, and it looks bad in the paper when you just call someone stupid.

by Two Moons on 08 February 2010 - 18:02

This is going well.............LOL

Anyway I think the guy got the shaft.

And hey,
It wasn't that long ago folks took care of their animals and their own kids before the professionals took over.
Yeah there is a line, and common sense should follow.
Thats whats missing today.

Moons.

by Keith Grossman on 08 February 2010 - 18:02

Correct; common sense is missing today, ergo, we can't really depend on people to make the right decision as far as what is appropriate and what is not.

by TessJ10 on 08 February 2010 - 18:02

LOL, and how many of them died?

If you have the skills, great. If you don't, hands off.

IMO, that sorry looking dog's the one who got the shaft in this case. I agree with you that common sense is what's missing here, but I think the old guy hacking away on his poor old dog without knowing what the heck he was doing or even what it was he was "curing," is the one without the common sense.

I'm all for doing as much as I can myself without the vet, but IN THIS CASE, the results prove the guy didn't know what he was doing.

by Two Moons on 08 February 2010 - 18:02

Who decides?

Who tells another how to live, beyond laws.

Some go too far, wars have been fought over such things.

Moons.

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