Yes, that's exactly how we'd do it if we did go down that path. Even if he got hurt, we'd have the vet come, even if it was 3 a.m., because I hate the idea of making his last hour even more stressful by moving him.
I'm sure the vet would much prefer a scheduled visit, in any case. We'd make it as comfortable as possible... maybe with oral sedatives first? I don't know...
There was an episode of "All Creatures Great and Small" that I don't think was in the books... a valuable hunting horse was injured and the injury, while not immediately fatal, was not going to heal and was going to get worse over time. The owner decided to have the animal put down (which, for horses, means shot), but he insisted on doing it his own way. The horse's favorite thing was to go hunting, and he was happiest when he heard the horns and hounds approaching, so the owner got his friends to gear up and ride to his stables as if they were preparing for a hunt, so that the horse could be killed right when he was the happiest. This is exactly what I'd try to do for Wiley, if we went that way.
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Date: 2011-02-25 05:09 pm (UTC)I'm sure the vet would much prefer a scheduled visit, in any case. We'd make it as comfortable as possible... maybe with oral sedatives first? I don't know...
There was an episode of "All Creatures Great and Small" that I don't think was in the books... a valuable hunting horse was injured and the injury, while not immediately fatal, was not going to heal and was going to get worse over time. The owner decided to have the animal put down (which, for horses, means shot), but he insisted on doing it his own way. The horse's favorite thing was to go hunting, and he was happiest when he heard the horns and hounds approaching, so the owner got his friends to gear up and ride to his stables as if they were preparing for a hunt, so that the horse could be killed right when he was the happiest. This is exactly what I'd try to do for Wiley, if we went that way.