Putting down anything is tough. You do what you can afford to support. It’s a tough call. I love my pets. After saying that, I work hard to feed and keep them safe. Sooner or later some of us will pass. They will be here or not. Same with me. No body is walking out of here. A true friend is a gift from God. I cherish them but I have no idea which of us lasts longer than the other. It’s above my pay grade.
Yep. Even putting down a loved pet with a humane shot from the vet, wrapped up in it’s favorite blanket is tough. I never understood all the sadness that people evoked about their dog dying until it happened to me. (I was never a pet person until I got married.)
The vet even came to our house and put our first dog to sleep - it didn’t like going to the vet. Our current and second dog LOVES going to the vet - even after all the crap he’s been through!
That’s another thing I never understood until I had pets. The thousands of dollars one will spend on them. Both dogs were rescue dogs and dirt cheap. (Well - the first was free. A rescue dog of our neighbors, and they gave up on it.)
Part of my wife being able to convince me of it! “All we need to do his update his license, buy a dog dish and some food!”
And of course our current dog is allergic to most everything, and had to eat some expensive food with none of the cheap filler that regular dog food has.
Could have bought a new car for all of the costs involved in the two dogs and two cats we’ve owned over the years! Of course the car just ends up being a headache towards the end. While the pets warmed my heart up to the very end.