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Originally Posted by rottie40  ...You missed my point TOTALLY!!!
I DID NOT - 'put my dog through excruciating pain' as you so cruelly put, sometimes your choice is taken away, he had pain free quality of life right up to the end....Maybe when you are less emotional you will be able to understand that. |
Excuse me, but I believe you and others that are in denial have missed the point. Of course every dog is different, but the cancer is NOT. Of course you put your dog through excruciating pain, as Anne so REALISTICALLY pointed out, and of course your dog hid his pain better than other dogs may have the ability to do. Because your dog can "take it", doesn't mean the pain isn't there.
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Originally Posted by rottie40 I know people are trying to help, but I for one, think some of these posts are not helpful and are making a VERY diffficult time for you and Lucas even more difficult.
YOU NEED EVERYONE'S SUPPORT right now, and I know and feel how much you love you're dog. |
Us "people" are trying to HELP THE DOG! Do you think for one minute that saying "Oh, my heart goes out to you" does a DAMN THING for the DOG? Of course not! Do you think for one minute that saying "Oh, I truly feel your pain!" does a DAMN THING to relieve the actual and very real physical pain the DOG has to experience? Of course not.
YOU are the one that is out of line. Those of us you so freely chastise are here for the well-being of the dog FIRST, and do hold sympathy for the owner, second. To think in a million years emotional pain can hold a candle to the very real and yes, excruciating pain of bone cancer is to live in a dream world full of the vapor of hopes and wishes, which of course the dog can't know and so it doesn't even touch them and offers no relief TO THE DOG at ALL. Gee, a hell of a lot that does for a dog suffering from this disease.
The emotional pain we as lovers of these dogs experience with their loss is our cross to bear by virtue of being so very blessed with their presence in our lives, and by understanding what we owe them in integrity for what they have given us so selflessly all their lives makes bearing that personal pain worth every tear we shed. If we can't get "beyond ourselves" during such a difficult time, then we are of no value to our dog's needs.