You Wouldn't Make A Dog Suffer Like This

[RobertE]

I have done that too Mini, only just recently when one of the cats had a cancer in its mouth so, it had most of his top jaw taken away and he smelled horrible. It wasn't our cat, but I had no choice, since our other cats didn't want to know him, and no-one else wanted to try and take care of him. I love animals, and even though he smelled badly, I was the one who was there, giving him some love that he probably craved for and he knew this, since I was the only one giving him attention. So, it pained me to go to the vets which is about 5 minutes on the bus, however, we took a nice stroll and let him smell the fresh air for 30 minutes on the way. No meowing, not one single noise could be heard, since he was I guess, happy. Further to that, when he had his first shot, a sedative or anaestetic, it took a long time for it to react so, it gave me enough time to call his name out so he knew that I was with him. He was given the second shot and I waited for a further 10 minutes, then it was all done. Damn shame!!! My father also passed away 2 years ago to cancer of the lungs with metastasis in the liver stage 4, basically terminal cancer. I have seen him with the treatment and it made me sick and I have vowed that should I ever have cancer, I am just going to face it head on, no treatment.

Sucks, doesn't it?

It does indeed. There are those who would prefer an animal or indeed a human being to continue living because they cannot let go. You have to be cruel to be kind and regardless of what some people think, the animal/person knows how much you love them. I even had my doubt the day before the euthanisia, and I wwanted to give him one more day, but in the end, that is one more day, which could turn into one more week or one more month, and then it would have been possible for the cancer to come back and he would have died in agony. We live in the 21st century and it is about time we were able to make our own decisions about what happens to our lives.