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"I killed my pets to move in with my fiancé…"
MSNBC ^ | June 21, 2005 | Dr. Gail Saltz (advice columnist )

Posted on 01/31/2006 1:21:51 PM PST by grundle

Q: About a year ago, I made the heart-wrenching decision to leave a great job, house, friends and family to move to Hawaii with my fiancé.

As part of this transition, I also chose to have my two beloved chow chow dogs put to sleep.

I adored those dogs, but I justified their sacrifice to the greater good of a successful relationship.

After six months, I am still tormented by memories of my dogs. The depths of anguish and loss make me think I got rid of them for purely selfish reasons, which is the kind of behavior I thought I reviled. I feel that I have gone from dog-lover to dog-killer in one trans-Pacific flight.

A: I am truly sorry you feel so wracked with guilt about your decision to put your dogs to sleep.

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It's terrible that this woman killed her dogs so she could shack up with her boyfriend. And it's terrible that the advice columnist is telling her she shouldn't feel guilty about it.
1 posted on 01/31/2006 1:21:52 PM PST by grundle
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To: grundle

Are you surprised....baby butchers lie all the time to women about abortion.


2 posted on 01/31/2006 1:23:44 PM PST by ThisLittleLightofMine
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To: grundle

I hope she is haunted for the rest of her sorry life.


3 posted on 01/31/2006 1:24:22 PM PST by xcamel (Exposing clandestine operations is treason. 13 knots make a noose.)
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To: grundle

What a stupid person she is......


4 posted on 01/31/2006 1:24:23 PM PST by Fawn
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Yeah just exchange the word "dogs" for ""unborn babies"....nothing to feel sorry about...move along. </ sarcasm>

It happens so often nobody (but us) even thinks about it any longer.


5 posted on 01/31/2006 1:24:30 PM PST by colorcountry (Currently not in the process of becoming a God!)
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To: grundle
Why didn't she take them to a rescue or animal shelter so they could adopted.
6 posted on 01/31/2006 1:24:32 PM PST by svcw
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To: svcw

One has to wonder why the vet who did the deed didn't suggest that??


7 posted on 01/31/2006 1:25:39 PM PST by Sometimes A River (allow Common Sense and Faith to trump Logic and Reason)
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To: ThisLittleLightofMine

Come on...they're dogs.


8 posted on 01/31/2006 1:25:40 PM PST by bkepley
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To: grundle

What this babe did is reprehensible but given today's morals totally expected. If only we could all go back to 1957 and find a way to head off the sixties.

Homosexual marriage, abortion on demand, kids in the way? Drown them. Tired of your mate? Get a divorce, it's all no-fault today.

Seriously, how much longer do you think God is going to put up with this?


9 posted on 01/31/2006 1:26:04 PM PST by kjo
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To: grundle

As part of this transition, I also chose to have my two beloved chow chow dogs put to sleep.

I adored those dogs, but I justified their sacrifice to the greater good of a successful relationship.

--Why was it necessary to kill the dogs...They didn't have rabies, or bite anybody...What a waste.


10 posted on 01/31/2006 1:26:05 PM PST by edgrimly78
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To: grundle
The depths of anguish and loss make me think I got rid of them for purely selfish reasons,

No, the depths of anguish and loss mean your conscience is still alive and trying to get your attention before you do something else colossally heartless.

11 posted on 01/31/2006 1:26:09 PM PST by SlowBoat407 (The best stuff happens just before the thread snaps.)
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To: grundle

What the hell good does feeling guilty about it now do?


12 posted on 01/31/2006 1:26:26 PM PST by Huck (Roe/Kelo: You have a right to privacy IN your bedroom; you just don't have a right TO your bedroom.)
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To: svcw

you beat me to it....
that's exactly what I thought
why not just give them up for adoption


13 posted on 01/31/2006 1:26:49 PM PST by groovychick (I have nothing to say for myself)
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To: grundle

They're Chow Chows...they should be killed.


14 posted on 01/31/2006 1:27:03 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (© 2006, Ravin' Lunatic since 4/98)
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To: grundle

Thank goodness she didn't have children from a previous relationship to contend with. :\


15 posted on 01/31/2006 1:27:09 PM PST by nodumbblonde
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To: grundle
She gave up her right to chows.
16 posted on 01/31/2006 1:27:13 PM PST by N. Theknow (Kennedys - Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat - But they know what's best.)
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Just tell yourself that they were 'unviable tissue masses...'


17 posted on 01/31/2006 1:27:31 PM PST by atomicpossum (Replies must follow approved guidelines or you will be kill-filed without appeal.)
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To: grundle

Believe it or not, my ex-wife did the same thing with my boys dogs. Her new husband has cats, and so a year ago, the dogs disappeared.


18 posted on 01/31/2006 1:27:36 PM PST by neodad (Rock Chock Seahawks)
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To: svcw

She must be a truly, truly selfish person that she would rather kill her dogs than let someone else have them. I just hope she will never have another pet.


19 posted on 01/31/2006 1:28:07 PM PST by BlueAngel
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To: grundle

doctor gail must be a cat.


20 posted on 01/31/2006 1:28:27 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck
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