Caraline
Well-known member
I ducked into the supermarket this morning to pick up a packet of paracetamol for my headache when it struck me how ludicrous it is that we can walk into a supermarket or pharmacy & pick up some pain killers for ourselves & our children, but if we want pain killers for our dogs we have to go through the expensive ordeal of a veterinary consultation.
Now I don't know how it is in other countries, but here in Australia, any vet I have been to will only dole out enough pain killers to cover your dog for whatever it's current condition is. That is to say, they ensure that you do not have any pain killers on hand in the house once the current condition is over.
Am I the only one that thinks this practice stinks?
Okay, of course if we do not know the source of our dogs pain then of course we should take them to the vets. However, often times one does know exactly what the source of pain is. The old dog having a bad day with his arthritis, the overly enthusiastic dog that wrenched his leg playing, a toenail either ripped or cut too close to the quick, a little rip in the skin on a barbed wire fence etc.
So is Australia the only country where we get held to ransom for 2 or 3 pain killers or is this a worldwide thing?
Anyway, I guess I have ranted enough here. Is there anything you guys recommend having in the first-aid kit for your dogs, that you can actually obtain without going to the vets?
Now I don't know how it is in other countries, but here in Australia, any vet I have been to will only dole out enough pain killers to cover your dog for whatever it's current condition is. That is to say, they ensure that you do not have any pain killers on hand in the house once the current condition is over.
Am I the only one that thinks this practice stinks?
Okay, of course if we do not know the source of our dogs pain then of course we should take them to the vets. However, often times one does know exactly what the source of pain is. The old dog having a bad day with his arthritis, the overly enthusiastic dog that wrenched his leg playing, a toenail either ripped or cut too close to the quick, a little rip in the skin on a barbed wire fence etc.
So is Australia the only country where we get held to ransom for 2 or 3 pain killers or is this a worldwide thing?
Anyway, I guess I have ranted enough here. Is there anything you guys recommend having in the first-aid kit for your dogs, that you can actually obtain without going to the vets?