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Originally Posted by kjc  Guess I'm just a bit sensitive to this type of comparision.... seeing so much of it (people deciding to leave their animals) lately with so many people losing their homes to all the traumatic weather events. Seeing the folks who did get their pets out of danger during Katrina, only to be turned away from rescue vehicles. Or people turning horses and other animals loose to fend for themselves bc they were unable to get them out of harm's way. Or the Hospital staff that left patients that could not be moved.... I realize these are different situations... but the decision is the same.
Personally, I would rehome children and pets if I could no longer provide for them. As caregiver to a step daughter who has quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy w/MR, I will eventually be making this decision for her also, as I am getting old. When that day comes, that I can no longer physically provide for her, see that her needs are met, that she is fed and diapered, bathed and such, she will go to an Assisted Living Facility.
What is your question? If one had to make a choice between rehoming a child or a pet, who would get rehomed first? That's hard to think about. I may still be able to care for my dogs when I can no longer care for my child. (Now I'm in tears.) Very hard decision, either way.
Plus one has to take into account the social stigma attached to those decisions.
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I am so sorry for the weight you have.
I think none of us should speak in absolutes. It is too easy to judge people without KNOWING what is really happening. I know I have done so, we see the world through our own eyes. It is wrong to "rehome" pets, but there are times when it is the best thing to do.
I rehomed a pet once. I am not proud, but I do know 100% sure he went to a home that loved him totally and he was happier than he was in my home.
Would I do the same now? idk... I think now I would not have let it get to the point that I needed to make that choice.. I would have prevented that.