Thanks for your comment to Aunt B. Have to agree...Aunt B is nuts.
My daughter specializes in pet pain management and this article is exactly right. Pets in pain really affect the pet owners as much or more and Vets have to work with both the animal and human side of the suffering.
I was going to thank Aunt B for posting this; my thanks are tepid because of her awful comment.
Being in my 60s, our family has had to deal with elderly ailing parents as well as the loss of pets, so we know what it takes in both cases. We just put our 14 year old dog down a couple months ago and it is a terrible decision to have to make.
Agreed; it’s a terrible decision to have to make, but sometimes it has to be done if you really care for your four legged family member.
Late 60’s here, and with the exception of 5 years in the Corps I have had dogs for my entire life.
Loved them all dearly and have lost way to many due to the simple fact that I have outlived them.
Some went just by old age, some by cancer.
Neither way is easy for the human being involved in the decisions that have to be made.
Wish they could all outlive me but that just isn’t going to happen.
Currently have 6 four legged boys and girls, don’t know if I will outlive these guys and girls, but I have made provisions for their welfare after I am gone with trustworthy relatives.