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Originally Posted by emillinium "If my dog is diagnosed with a deathly illness, he will be put to sleep the day I get the diagnose and I will say Good Bye My Friend, and I will not prolong his life with just one day!"
thats alittle harsh and un nessarry if your dog is not feeling the disease yet? |
Well, unless the diagnosis is made at a routine checkup, then the trip to the vet was presumably made because the dog was "feeling the disease" to some degree. While the argument could be made that putting the dog to sleep could be postponed so long as the dog still had quality of life and dignity, the problem with dogs like Rotties is that they are SO stoic that they bear pain all too well, and have such loyalty to us that they will do what they know pleases us no matter what it costs them. So, it's easy for us to do the selfish thing by keeping them with us a little longer.
Therefore, I can't really argue with damp's opinion. Not sure what I would/will do when the time comes again for me, but hers is a valid approach.