I understand. do you feel the same way when someone "puts down" their dog? Just wondering, not trying to argue.
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I understand. do you feel the same way when someone "puts down" their dog? Just wondering, not trying to argue.
Yes, that's an awful thought, especially putting myself in the shoes of somebody struggling with such decision if it is for some reason warranted. Heart-breaking is a very good way to describe that, too. And that's when something like that might be classified as warranted euthanasia though the line is absolutely blurry.
But I find the people that are putting down their dogs for insufficient reasons appalling. I found it unbelievable when I first learned that there are people who put down their dogs because they are going on a family vacation in the summer and they don't have who to leave the dog with and feel dog hotels are too expensive. The same goes for people that choose to put down their dogs not because they are dying from something really painful and incurable, but simply because it's cheaper than the proposed treatment that has a reasonable chance of being successful.
Wow, for a vacation? Ouch. Heartbreaking indeed!
Yep. There was an educational campaign from a group of vets who where sounding the alarm that this is happening way too often (though even once is way too often already). There were pictures of "sleeping" dogs that were otherwise perfectly healthy. Hard-hitting stuff. That's how I learned about it. The numbers were appallingly high, probably still are. :(
Sad. When I was younger, a neighbour had to put his dog to sleep for reasons best known to him... I hated him since then. I really liked that Dog. It grew up to know and Love me too... His kids were Sad, sure he replaced it but it just wasn't Jimmy.
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