“You are placing a greater value on a dog than you are for your own parents.”
I didn’t take it that way. I thought she meant that the pet was more dependent on her than her parents were. It had nothing to do with “value”. At least, that was my take.
We have had cats for over 20 years — 6 at the moment. Spoiled rotten indoor cats. As they’ve become so old and/or ill that they couldn’t function or were in distress, we’ve had them put down. Having them suffer was out of the question for us.
Agreed. But how did you know that they were in pain or distress.?