You got it all wrong!
DaD use to rant and rave about people who keep their pets alive far beyond when it's comfortable or fun to live.
I agree with him. Today I am a healthy dog - have no pains, no aches, and I really like living - but I am only 2+ years old - what about when I get to be 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and my joints ache, my nose doesn't tell me where all the pretty girls are anymore, and it get's hard to chew my favorite kind of bone, because my teeth aren't as strong and good as they used to be, or peeing hurts and food doesn't taste anything? Or if I get really sick, and won't get any better, but will live? What then?
I wouldn't want to live then - truly I wouldn't - I would like to cross the Rainbow Bridge when I can still enjoy being a dog. While there's still a spring in my gait and my eyes are clear and my nose picks up those lovely scents.
I know my DaD. He would take me to the vet and let me go - thanking me for very day I gave him. And I would take that last walk with him, knowing that he will remember me as I was, and not have to dig through months and years of pain, weakness, depression and "no fun" to find me.
I am lucky.
But so many pets aren't. So many pets are kept prisoners in their own bodies simply because their owners are selfish and arrogant and think they "know" that their pets are just fine with half lives, lives with pains and aches and lost sense of scent.
You people are so cruel. Animals are not people, and they deserve better than being kept alive just because you cannot face grieving for them.
Boris.
I agree with him. Today I am a healthy dog - have no pains, no aches, and I really like living - but I am only 2+ years old - what about when I get to be 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and my joints ache, my nose doesn't tell me where all the pretty girls are anymore, and it get's hard to chew my favorite kind of bone, because my teeth aren't as strong and good as they used to be, or peeing hurts and food doesn't taste anything? Or if I get really sick, and won't get any better, but will live? What then?
I wouldn't want to live then - truly I wouldn't - I would like to cross the Rainbow Bridge when I can still enjoy being a dog. While there's still a spring in my gait and my eyes are clear and my nose picks up those lovely scents.
I know my DaD. He would take me to the vet and let me go - thanking me for very day I gave him. And I would take that last walk with him, knowing that he will remember me as I was, and not have to dig through months and years of pain, weakness, depression and "no fun" to find me.
I am lucky.
But so many pets aren't. So many pets are kept prisoners in their own bodies simply because their owners are selfish and arrogant and think they "know" that their pets are just fine with half lives, lives with pains and aches and lost sense of scent.
You people are so cruel. Animals are not people, and they deserve better than being kept alive just because you cannot face grieving for them.
Boris.
posted by Dov at 9:03 PM
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