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Originally Posted by moondog  Slam me if you must, but this I need to say. While I think this feel-good thread is great support for the people and their emotional suffering over the illness that their dogs are suffering from, I have some real concerns that this dwelling on making everyone feel better tends to slowly take precedence over truly understanding what the dog is going through....and the dog is the one who is experiencing the disease and the pain and suffering associated with it. And, of course the degree with which this happens depends on the people themselves and their depth of compassion and understanding of animals to begin with, so it certainly doesn't apply to everyone but does apply to many.
As much as it hurts us to bear the emotional pain of knowing we will be losing a beloved dog, it hurts the dog far more to bear the disease. |
I agree 100%. Although my heart goes out to everyone who is going through this, I can't hardly stand to read the posts about your precious babies being in pain and they are not let go. How can you stand for your babies to be in one minute of pain much less hours or days on a glimmering hope they might get better. It's cancer, it's not going to get better- Please, please, let them go, they deserve it.