Neanderpundit

Wednesday 14 May 2014

When you read this story

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6 Responses to “When you read this story”

1. on 14 May 2014 at 7:04 pm   LizP
   
   

   Oh, my. Very dusty, indeed. Big SALUTE, Kaiser! GOOD dog!

2. on 14 May 2014 at 7:26 pm   Og
   
   

   She’s back! Got the computer fixed!! Good to see you.

3. on 14 May 2014 at 8:26 pm   Tennessee Budd
   
   

   OK, I know starting out that some folks will hate me, but my take is what it is.
   I feel I owe my animals more. I don’t want their final memory to be antiseptics & unfamiliar, often dreaded (if they’ve been to the vet before) surroundings. It’s my practice to put my animals down myself, after making them as comfortable as possible, happy if I can (& how would I really know?). Mine die in the sunshine or shade, on the property they know intimately, with familiar sights & smells. I like it if they drift off to sleep first. That’s for them, not me. I’ll still hurt as much, but there’s an old saying: ‘Who must do the hard things? He who can.’
   Let the flaming begin.

4. on 14 May 2014 at 8:48 pm   Og
   
   

   Having personally put out a good number of animals large and small, in a larger number of ways, trust me when I tell you this: An animal in pain wants the pain to stop. I understand what you’re saying about comfortable environments, but giving a dog a shot and letting it drift off to sleep and comfort is infinitely preferable to a bullet; if you have not done both, you just don’t know. A good vet can make that happen less painfully than anything else on earth; would it be nice if they made housecalls? Hells yes. The dog doesn’t care about the smell or the environment if you are there and you love it.

5. on 15 May 2014 at 7:37 am   Mark D
   
   

   I’ve had to put down a couple cats in the last few years, the last one had been my companion for over 20 years, I found her on my front lawn when she was barely weaned. I was petting her as the vet did the necessary, but I absolutely lost it when I realized she died purring.

   Damn, gotta let the building maintenance know it’s time to change the filters.

6. on 15 May 2014 at 11:55 am   libsarenavelint
   
   

   Just looking at that picture and assuming what was going on made me misty.

   I used to put my own dogs down. The last one I took “care” of over a decade ago was the last for me. Haunts me to this day. Still have nightmares. As long as I can afford it, the Vet can handle it from now on while I squeeze the critter tight and weep into it’s fur as it takes it’s final breath. Last one was during the winter.

   Damn, where’s the Kleenex……

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