There are many that cringe at the thought and they should be welcome to pay their vet to do it. However some of us have and will in the future when time renders it necessary. What's wrong is that the squeamish are going to force their view to the point that I will be a criminal for a clean, close up shot, even though I will be bawling my eyes out as I dig a hole next to where kitty, gizmo, christie or chia are already buried.
Amen to that.
Its called being a man and undertaking unpleasant tasks. We are a dieing breed, I've put down two over the years and cried also, but real men don't expect someone else to shoulder their responsibilities. Obama voters would not understand that concept.
To those that think the vet is painless, the one dog I have "put to sleep" screamed bloody murder when the vet stuck him. The two I put down never felt a thing. Now who is cruel?
A friend of mine, a stupid stupid woman, when her dog became old and feeble took it out into the woods and left it. When she learned how shocked I was at her actions she said that it probably found a house out there and someone took it in.
This woman is a college graduate,the wife of a doctor.
My brother is a vet and he always gives an animal a shot to put it to sleep before he gives it the shot to put it down. Very humane, no pain.