[FrogInABlender]

Yeah, If you're gonna have animals, except for maybe parrots, you're gonna have to deal with end of life issues. One of my favorite quotes was from a Robert A. Heinlein book titled "The Quotations of Lazarus Long" and it said...

"When the need arises---and it does---you must be able to shoot your own dog. Don't farm it out---that doesn't make it nicer, it makes it worse."

And I took that to mean that you've got to be able to make that decision for them at the right time and be there with them until the end. We owe them that.

My next favorite was "Women and Cats will do as they please. Men and Dogs should just sit back and get used to it." ;o)

[HairOfTheDog]

And I took that to mean that you've got to be able to make that decision for them at the right time and be there with them until the end. We owe them that.

I agree.