It’s a very tough situation and a very heartbreaking decision. But people don’t understand the responsibility that you as a human being have towards that animal. And I know that it’s extremely difficult to determine when the time is but it is cruel and selfish in my opinion to permit a dog to suffer when that dog has no understanding of why it is suffering.
And another thing people don’t realize is that very often the dog will know that it’s time to go. I know this from personal experience and they will give you signals indicating that if you know the animal well and understand those signals.
Sadly this is the other side of the coin of the joy of having a loving animal. You have that responsibility to take care of that animal and to not let it suffer unnecessarily. My personal opinion is that most people who keep an animal past the point where that animal has no quality of life at all are not being humanitarian I think they are just being selfish and don’t realize it.
well said, thank you
Yep
They start hiding in weird areas of the house and then you know its over....