Hi Judith, I personally have not used my dogs for blood donors, but have regularly used my 12+ lb cat for donating blood. My husband, Chris, is a vet tech also, but he works at our local ER vet and they go through quite a bit of blood. I do know that the US has a blood shortage for animal blood similar to the human blood donation shortage, so I'm sure that Cinderella's donation would be a godsend to a sick dog. She would be saving a life. Depending on how that clinic does it, they may or may not decide to lightly sedate Cinderella for the blood collecting. It's not a hard process but can take a few minutes, and typically dogs get wiggly before enough blood is obtained. Depending again on their procedures, they may shave a small amount of the hair on her neck also. It is a noble thing to do and I applaud you for considering it.
(Also please feel free to forward this to the Berner-L. This darned AOL will only do it in the forbidden HTML. grrr) Hugs to Cinderella, Andrea Stefanac & Chance CD NDD CGC TT & Gilby the blood donating cat (who is less than thrilled about his noble cause) Richmond, VA
