[AKA Elena]

I think spending money on a living, breathing animal for its sake

The key words were are for ITS sake ... too often an animal has great amounts spent which are a salve to the emitions of or due to the selfishness of the owners, and not for the animal itself's sake.

[the OlLine Rebel]

So me spending hundreds every month on my allergic dog - who is still often "suffering" to an extent - is bad?

Personally, I don't quite buy that putting down a pet is always less selfish than spending effort and $$$ to keep it alive.

But that's just my view. I can also see the other. I just don't see any of it in absolutes. I don't really judge people harshly no matter what they do, anyway, even if I do now prefer the "effort" instead of the "euthanasia".