mo

in a  sense I do. I'd probably stump up for some treatment.

 Mrs johnh comes from a  rural background in sw france and there they   have a very different attitude to pets/animals  than most of us brits. her family are mostly farmers of one sort or another. so dogs are for company and safety and when it gets sick you get another one. no one puts animal down as we do  - they drop dead ultimatly and get buried in the garden. they don't neuter cats either but tend to put them on the pill. if a litter comes up that isn't wanted they drown them.

the force feeding thing is a foie gras reference ( mrs johnh's grandmother produces it).

my local sainsbury's does good fresh duck for 10 quid each. very good they are too.

btw i quite like live ducks - my two year old loves them