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Originally Posted by simonandhallie I'm not jumping on a bandwagon, I agree with you. My only concern is why didn't the vet really talk to them instead of pretending to put the dog down? Or refuse to do it? Instead he faked it on a suffering dog? That is what I don't understand. I can't imagine what I would feel if my dog was suffering, I had made that decision, gone through all the emotions and then found out it was all fake?
I didn't post this article to debate it, I just found it interesting and alarming all at the same time. |
I agree about the debate - I just wanted people to think there might be another side to this we don't know about. Maybe the vet did talk to the people and say with medication this dog can live a good life. It is the original owner who said the dog was suffering and we don't know what the vet felt. Did the vet profit off of the other couple taking the dog? Did the other people breed the dog? The vet could have refused but he (maybe) knew these people would find someone else to euthanize the dog and he felt it deserved a chance to live. I haven't a clue who is right here but I just wanted people to know many people put their animals down due to costs of medicines, older, leaking bladder and some vets do it because of legal reasons but they know there is not a good reason to put the dog down. I applaud any vet who figures out a way to save an animal that they feel should live and they haven't become harden to the useless killing and they are not profiting off saving this animal. I can also tell you I will go to the ends of the earth to save an animal and have been guilty of devising plans to "rescue" a dog(s) who had time to live.
I hope you understand where I am coming from and yes I would be beyond grief if this happened to me but I can also tell you I have been with each dog we have had to put down and held them long after they were dead and felt their "living/spirit" leave their body. Each dog was then brought home for either cremation or burial.
I am sure if I didn't do rescue and see some of the things I see I would be shocked, outraged, madder than hell if I read this article because I would assume everyone cares about their animals as much as I do and would only do what is right for the dog.