What a sad world we live in when an older dog has no chance at a shelter.
Friends of mine have told me that I should start a rescue. I know that I can't do it, though, because I could not look into the faces of the ones I leave behind.
I don't know what the conversation consisted of. I am sure the owner knew that there were people going to bat for her dogs, and would assume that she would say something to that effect to the vet, but who knows.
Well, about twice a year, someone who was dying, would bring their dog or cat to the clinic and request that it be euthanized. Healthy, happy dogs. Sometimes a whole bunch of them.
The pharoahs had their pets (and their slaves) buried with them.
It was kind of a common thing.
I bet that's what he was thinking. He thought he was solving a problem for the people, and the dogs.
I'm not saying that it was the correct thing to do, I'm just reporting my experience.
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Maybe even this can have a little good come from it. Maybe if we have not all made solid arrangements for our dogs if we pre-decease them (not just assuming that a family member will take them), we might put it on our lists.
Not just bequeathing them ... I mean yes, bequeathing them, but also talking seriously with the person about it, about whether it's really and truly OK, and whether they really and truly want and will keep them.
I have put pets to sleep, healthy pets, at the bedside in the home of people who were dying.
The people seemed to think it was "taking care of things" or "wrapping up loose ends", it seemed to give them peace.
Pretty weird, right? You can't argue with someone in that situation, it doesn't feel right.
The first one was a neighbor of mine, she was dying of esophageal cancer. I put her cats to sleep, but I ended up taking a kitten home. We named him Anwar. He lived to be 19.
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