Rant about Euthanasia

[Michellep224]

I am not against Euthanasia in some cases, but I am in most.
I hate when people put their wants over an animal's needs. They are living, feeling beings. Animals feel pain, and sadness, and joy.
My family has 2 senior dogs. They both have some issues, one in particular. She is 14 years old. She is deaf and doesn't see well. She also has a condition where calcium builds up in the ears and causes her to be unbalanced and such. She also has lots of joint pain.
When we took her to the vet and discovered her condition she was given some pain medicine. It took a bit to get her on her feet again, but the medicine helped her feel like a new dog!! She was happier, wanting to run and play like I hadn't seen her do in years.
After the prescription ran out we never got her any more, so now she's back to slow, tired Ginger..
Talking about putting her down?? Why!? She was SO MUCH HAPPIER ON HER MEDICINE. IT DOESN'T COST THAT MUCH TO GET IT AT WALMART.

Now Eeyore is 12. He's got joint and back pain, as well as stomach issues that he's had since he was a puppy. He is the GRUMPIEST old man I have ever seen. He grumbles about everything! He spends a lot of time laying on the bed upstairs by himself. It's like his happy place.
But... he's not unhealthy. He can run and play.
He has a hard time jumping onto the bed now, though. We have to pick up all 35lbs of him to put him up there sometimes.
Is this basis to put him down!? No!!

I think that if a dog is healthy, happy, playful, eating and drinking well, and has a will to live they should NOT be put to sleep!
When a dog loses its will to live they will stop eating, and act lethargic, no energy, and show they are unhappy. It's like when a human who is elderly gets a DNR order... They are tired, and they don't have the will to fight anymore...

What do you do when you hurt??
YOU TAKE MEDICINE. IT IS THE SAME WITH ANIMALS. I AM SO OVER NO ONE LISTENING TO ME. I could literally scream. Just because they can't tell you what's wrong so you have to be proactive and responsible to treat them.

Would you kill your elderly family member because they inconvenienced you? Or cost you money? Or because you don't want to take care of them anymore?

People get mad at ME because I keep harping on this issue. I don't want my family members killed because of something treatable!!!

I'm just going to pay for the vet bills myself. Screw it, you know? They are not my responsibility financially, but I love them and I am NOT going to hear any more talk of putting them down.
They are not ready yet... They'll let you know... ,-_-

 

[Michellep224]

 

[BlackHackle]

I hate when people put their wants over an animal's needs

Would you kill your elderly family member because they inconvenienced you?

There is a difference between humans and animals. I don't care if evolutionists say we came from dad-gum apes I am highly against people placing us and beasts on the same level.

An old dog cannot compare to an old human

 

[BlackHackle]

I am NOT going to hear any more talk of putting them down.

Is this parents planning on doing this?

 

[Cyprus]

There is a difference between humans and animals. I don't care if evolutionists say we came from dad-gum apes I am highly against people placing us and beasts on the same level.

An old dog cannot compare to an old human

With all due respect, humans are animals.

 

[lissalischicks]

I think it is a personal decision. What I think is the correct thing to do only pertains to me because in the end it's how I feel. Having been said that, there is something some people get confused about when emotions run high. You have to ask, am I being selfish and doing this for myself because I do not want to let go or are they really doing ok? You can say they are running, eating and looks like they are enjoying life but remember animals hide their pain until their last breath. I asked this questions many times towards the end of my dog's lives in the last year. To this day I have regrets. If you truly believe that you are doing right by the animal then so be it. Just because people don't agree with you, it doesn't mean they don't love their animals.

 

[Quail Whale]

Michelle, you’ve got a good heart. I agree with you about doing your best to help them live out their lives. Any decent human being would do that. There is a time; however, that it will be the humane thing to end suffering. When I was a kid, one of my dogs was sick with cancer and I refused to have her humanely put to rest. She screamed and screamed for days until her last breath. It was so messed up. It always hurts to let go of a pet. Pets are different than livestock. We should honor that friendship by doing our best by them. I wish your dogs the very best. You are a good parent to them.

 

[Hyper_Chicken05]

There is a difference between humans and animals. I don't care if evolutionists say we came from dad-gum apes I am highly against people placing us and beasts on the same level.

An old dog cannot compare to an old human

They are both living and breathing beings. Except the difference is that one contributes to the mass destruction of the environment.

 

[Hyper_Chicken05]

Michelle, you’ve got a good heart. I agree with you about doing your best to help them live out their lives. Any decent human being would do that. There is a time; however, that it will be the humane thing to end suffering. When I was a kid, one of my dogs was sick with cancer and I refused to have her humanely put to rest. She screamed and screamed for days until her last breath. It was so messed up. It always hurts to let go of a pet. Pets are different than livestock. We should honor that friendship by doing our best by them. I wish your dogs the very best. You are a good parent to them.

If the animal is suffering then it is humane to put him/her down. But in circumstances like this, The pain is treatable, and killing the animal because they are inconvenient to you, knowing there is an easily accessible cure is not humane.

 

[BlueBaby]

With all due respect, humans are animals.

Some human's even act worse than animals do sometimes. You hear about it in the new's.