Question: FAQ - Euthanasia - What Can I Expect?
Answer: When you make an appointment to have your pet euthanized, you are first presented with a question (most clinics): do you wish to be there at the end? If you answer "yes", an appointment will be made for you and your pet.
When you arrive at your appointed time, the veterinary technician may or not request to take your dog in without you. Do not panic, your dog will returned to you, this part is just to insert the intravenous catheter if they use, and to give your pet a sedative to calm him. The assistants will bring you and your pet to a private room for a while. Take this time to be with your pet, to say good-bye, anything you want. This is your time.
When you are ready, a veterinarian will enter and inject the euthanasia drug. You will feel your dog relax, and maybe sigh, and it will be over very quickly. Do not be alarmed by any nerve jumps, or if you hear your dog "gasp"; it is just air leaving the lungs. Your dog's eyes will not close.
Remember that this is ultimately the greatest gift you can give your dog : Peace.