dogs becoming blood donors//

**justine** · 10-Aug-07, 13:39

Came across this story this morning and was wonderingif anyone else had heard about this, as i would love to be eable to find out wether our dog would be able to become a suitable donor. There is no info on where to contact anyone about this and was wondering if any knew what i should do to find out...Thanks for any help....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...al/6938718.stm

**Solus** · 10-Aug-07, 13:43

http://www.petbloodbankuk.org/petowners/whatwedo.htm

Unfortunalty they only had one visit to scotland ! hopefully more planned.

**justine** · 10-Aug-07, 17:09

cheers for that solus. Being a donor myself it makes sense that i can give dogs the same chance.I am sure bingo wont mind...

**Solus** · 10-Aug-07, 17:17

Its a great idea, my lab Bob read it and mentioned that he had to have two major operations as a pup and that there was blood available for him if it all went pete tong,so he has decided if he gets the opertunity to donate some of his red stuff!

**justine** · 10-Aug-07, 18:39

it is a great idea and i hope that more people will get in to it, so more animals may survive..I have a strange blood group myself and it is hard to find compatible blood for my self.I have been told by the hospital that if i needed a transfusion there would be a delay on getting a perfect match, so i can sympathise with any animal lover who may have lost their pet due to lack of blood...Lets hope that they get the system up and running....