hardest thing did we do right?

[nzpouter]

It went for their small dog and caught it up by the throat.  It shock it like a rag doll. This was alarming as they have small children. They tried to advertise it in the paper and on line but were told it looked as though from the pictures it was x with a dangerous breed and the adds were taken down.


With little option they turned to us. 


 

this is the bit that concerns me... they got a second dog? How hard is it to learn if you don't have time for one dog, you'll not likely have time for 2...

and passing their problem to the next person..? even worse...

and as for you.. why are you helping them? They cause the problem, stop picking up the broken pieces for them, the least decent thing they can do is take the dog to the vet themselves and hold/ comfort it as it's being put down. Some people are not worth knowing.

 

[AinaWGSD]

I always find it sad when the owner refuses to be present at the end. Sometimes the owners claim that they just can't be present because it is "too hard" for them. Choosing not to be present for your pet's final moments because it is "too hard" seems quite selfish to me. While this makes me a bit sad, after all it is surely harder for their pet than it is for them, I still feel that forcing them to be present when they are distraught would be worse for their pet than them saying a loving goodbye in the waiting room and leaving the dog with the vet. Granted, most of the time we are talking about dogs that have been coming to the same vet for months or years and generally know the staff pretty well, so while it is sad that their owners choose not to stay through to the end the dog is not totally alone. Cases like this however, where the dog is facing the end through no fault of it's own and the owner chooses to be selfish and take the easy way out and then chooses to be even more selfish and spare themselves the pain of seeing the consequences of their actions (or in this case, inactions) make me angry.

 

[newfoundland]

This is such as sad story, born out of the utter selfishness of people. We should not be surprised because we see it all the time, and unbelievably some people are no different about their children. I have seen so many children who seemed like a good idea at the time but are now boring and inconveniencing their 'parents'. This I think is to do with the 'me' culture. People have become so concerned with their own fulfilment and gratification that they have forgotten responsibility. Having both children, and of course animals is a priviledge, we need to teach this in the home and in schools.