Sometimes, a dog is just a dog?
I made that final appointment with the Vet for Jack the Cattle Dog on Thursday. He's 14, mostly blind from cataracts, mostly deaf, and shows signs of dementia. He's in amazing shape for a guy his a...
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When we have to consider this decision, it helps me to think about it from the canine's perspective rather than humanizing the process.
I ponder whether my pet would still be alive if they were an animal in the wild, or would Mother Nature have arranged an exit?
And I think back to my mother and father, with my mother choosing her time to go (removed her own life support) and my being with my father 40 years later as his life left him after his body broke due to old-age. Death isn't easy.
It is difficult when a pet dies.
It is a good thing to help them ease into it gracefully.
Thoughts are with you...
I ponder whether my pet would still be alive if they were an animal in the wild, or would Mother Nature have arranged an exit?
And I think back to my mother and father, with my mother choosing her time to go (removed her own life support) and my being with my father 40 years later as his life left him after his body broke due to old-age. Death isn't easy.
It is difficult when a pet dies.
It is a good thing to help them ease into it gracefully.
Thoughts are with you...
