Puting animals down(Your Opinon)

Ok well ive been thinking about this now because well we have a dog i think should be put down. Its a Sheltie that is 12 years old, ive had him since i was 3 tho he mainly lived with my grandma. He has a disorder were he chews his foot which made us have to always have a muzzle on him. He has arthrtis also. Just recently his back right leg has become very swollen, we took him to the vet they said its probably just his arthrtis and gave us pain killers for him. The swelling didnt stop so we took him to another vet, they x rayd it and now are doing tests because they think it may be a tumor. He barely can walk and to get him to use the restroom my grandma has to carry him outside.I think hes suffering and just should be put down, she doesnt want to do it until we know its a tumor, but i think even if it isnt he should be put down, hes old and suffering. So what are your opinons on this, oh heres a picture of him.Oh btw his name is lassie like the one dog.

I don't want to say should or shouldn't, that is totally your call man. You've had that puppy forever. I've got a 2yr. old American Eskimo and it kills to think of him in your Sheltie's state. If Clinton was in that kind of pain I would choose to put him down. It would b selfish for me to keep him alive. His life biographically is over... its the biological part that's still kicking. It would be my fear of loss that'd keep him with me. I'd have to cope and do what is, in my opinion, in the best interests of the dog. But I understand the opposing argument too: killing animals is wrong, you want to appreciate their last days--I totally respect it. Whatever you decide don't let anyone tell you it was the wrong one... you know what's best for your dog. Hard decision man, I'm sorry. What's his name?

My friend had a boxer that got tumors and lost the use of her back legs. The family soon decided it was time to put they dog down after 13 or 14 years of living. I think if the animal is in pain with no possible way of ever getting better its time to say goodbye. I wish you, your dog, and the rest of the family the best.

hey man, my family dog is just like that. we've had him for 13 years, chews his leg, alls he does is sleep, pees in the basement sometimes, when we put him out he cant make it back up the stairs and he wanders in the road, hes deaf and probably blind. hes being put down next week. It sucks because hes my dog, hes never given me shit, hes always just been like "love me play with me i wont hurt you" and now im going to have to watch him die. I would want it done to me though

its like killing your grandma's friend but the poor old dog does sound bad off no real win in this the down side of pets and parents

damn man :( do what u thinks best for her.

thats sad, u should probably find out first whether its a tumor or not man and then decide from there and from what the vet tells u, its ur call dude

wait and see what the vet says, could be something easily fixed. I hope so, for all of you.

If he's suffering, just put him out of his misery.

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Originally Posted by GreenGaucho

If he's suffering, just put him out of his misery.

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i agree

i had no chioce i had to put my beautiful 5 yr old black lab down he had cancer and we didnt even know it until it was all through him. he had no symtoms until the end in fact he was a little overweight until the end ."the end" only took 2 -3 weeks! it was devastating but it had to be done,he really suffered the nite before we did it. we took him to the vet and he went very quietly, i sang "over the rainbow"(tried and cried) to him as he passed.

i had one die from cancer after it 1st took her spleen. she was in much pain and took her in for tests and pics which showed cancerous tumors throughout her abdoman. the vet removed her spleen and sent her home for another 6 months of living life and enjoying everything around her. we could have put her down then but she acted like it wasn't quite time yet...we had a great last 6 months together before the inevitable had to be done. what i'm getting at is, is he telling you he's ready now or is he still enjoying things? then the question is...can you afford to keep him comfortable during his end time?
it's always hard and you have my sincere sympathy...but if he's still enjoying his world, enjoy him while ya can...

we had to put our cocker spaniel down last year, he was 16 yrs old. we've had him his intire life. i'm 48 and i cried like a baby, he was part of the family. it,s a very hard decision to make when they have been a part of your family for so long. you'll make the right choice.

i personally cant bear to see animals put down.....but i guess if its in pain then it should be put to sleep....(why cant we do the same to humans when they can even give us consent if they wanted???)

On the other hand....i dont like seeing animals just being "pets".....what would happen to your dog if it was in the wild.....

over the years ive had many dogs and you can take my word for it if you wouldn't want to live that way he prob. dosnt either be compassionate give him a good last meal or find him a girl dog in heat to spend the nite with or both and say your goodbuys if i was over 100 in human yrs and couldnt crap or pee on my own id be damned if id want to stick around good luck and sorry for your loss peace jim

why dont we all become vegetarian hippies


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no seriously u guys are like "no, we cant put down animals like this, blah blah blah". cmon, i mean, all the fuckin meat we all eat are animals, raised in a 6footx6foot box during their hole life. i mean, that we can call it a crime. just visit a farm i find it kinda gross. they feed em shit and they cant move fer their entire life. we have no more respect for living being.

after all, we are animals, i dont understand why we use the reason "the have no feelings" to give em a such treatment. awww, anyway, life is so complicated lol

I think it shows good sense that you think for the dog enough penguin. Its you and your families call though.
But as a owner of many dogs might as well throw in my opinion. If the tumor is cancerous, put him to sleep. If not you may want to try to remove it. It is much more complicated, and even if you remove it he will have to be put down soon cause he is obviously in poor health. So it seems fair to the old guy to let him go to doggy heaven, which is probably a place with lots of cats to chase and smoked salmon and beef jerkey for the taking.

Think? would you wanna live like that?....probly not so i say yes death is probly better than we think eny way

My opinion: Yes.

Sorry to hear it penguin :(

If shes suffering then yeah i'de put her down, but only if yur sure theres nothing you can do to help her get better. Best luck.

No the Dog should not be put down. If you love your dog you should not do that. Would you put your grandma down? If so call jack Kovorkian... Oh shit that pycho's in jail where he needs to be.
What I hate are these people that say they love their Dog or pet and have them tied to a tree in the back yard. Or the people who neuter their pet. I HATE THOSE PEOPLE !! I think someone should tie them to a tree their whole life and let them off only when that person feels like using them for their enjoyment, or Fixing them ,because people like that need to be fixed. So yeah if you want to put animals to sleep, you should be put asleep. I feel as though people that put animals to sleep also would put people to sleep so lets start with them first. Same as the people who think the earth is over populated and think it needs to be depopulated. Then lets start with the people that feel that way.
Thanks for listening.

Well, what exactly is YOUR solution to the overpopulation problem then? "Ah let's just not worry about it and keep poppin' out tons of babies." We really do need to reduce our numbers, and we should start with the people who want to die because it seems kind of dumb to me to force them all to keep living and suffering. Same for animals...our society has too many (hence the need for animal shelters), and if we just let them run free and fuck all they want our cities would be crawling with homeless dogs and cats.

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Hi Penguin.

I have so much respect for people who love and care for animals, I love animals myself. I think you should find out for sure what's wrong with him before you do anything else. Then, if it's something serious which is causing him a lot of pain it would be best to put him to sleep so nothing can hurt him any more. I know it will be very hard to let him go but it will be for the best, you wouldn't want him to feel pain would you?

Penguin, as most of the people here have said, it is totally up to you and your family. In my opinion, I would put the animal down if it was in a great deal of pain, and basically cannot function. I know it will be a sad, sad day when it happens, but you have to look out for the best interests of the dog. 12 years old for a dog is 84 years old, and that is usually the time when humans meet their maker. If you think it is the best for the dog, then go through with it. If you think that he/she can be happy for a few more months/years, then I am all for it. I am sorry to hear about your situation, and I know you and your family will make the right choice.

Thank you for all the advice and everything guys, but i see there is a misconcepation...Ok well really this post was because i thought he should be put down but my grandma didnt think so yet.Well he hasnt gotten any better. Now he completely cannot stand, he wont eat(even steak),hes toe was bleeding from trying to stand and his nail digging into his foot,he drank some water and threw it up. He has been laying in the same place since yesterday and hasnt moved, he breathes really hard. Yeah i honestly want him to be put down. The part that kinda made me angry and my grandmas ignorance was the fact last night she was trying to get him to stand up and go pee well i sat and watched, He didnt go and wouldnt get up so shes just like lassie,lassie,lassie, why didnt you tell me you were ready to die a few days ago? And im like he tried hasnt it been obvious? So i told her she was just in a stage of denial which is the truth.
See the thing is tho i dont love the dog, i did love the dog when i was littlier but over the time when i was seperated and didnt see my grandma that much, i also didnt see the dog either, so my grandma grew an amazing bond with(my dog)lassie, well i never really got this bond, she expects me just to completely love the dog, cry over him. Im sorry but i cant do that, i mean yeah i care about him and everything, but ive seen the suffering he's been going through and its only getting worse.
Hopefully for his sake in the next few days he will be put down.

I had a dog called buster he died when i was 12 and wehad him 3 yrs before i was born.He got so old sounds like your dog.We were about to get him put down and he died that night he was in pain i cried for weeke when he died he was my best mate and protector

poor dog,,, i think its time

R.I.P.

I voted yes too, because I have 2 cats and as much as I love them, I could never let them live in pain.

Look at this way: contrary to what many people say, it's not inhumane in the least. Say your dog was in the wild, it would die anyway since it wouldn't be able to eat anymore. In any case, it's a common thing for animals, as well as humans, to let themselves die by not eating when they feel they are too week to live on. Of course a pet like a dog wouldn't starve since you feed it everyday, but in the wild it wouldn't even hunt anymore.

Remember the good times, take lots of pictures, give him a big hug, and let him go... :(

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No the Dog should not be put down. If you love your dog you should not do that. Would you put your grandma down? If so call jack Kovorkian... Oh shit that pycho's in jail where he needs to be.
What I hate are these people that say they love their Dog or pet and have them tied to a tree in the back yard. Or the people who neuter their pet. I HATE THOSE PEOPLE !! I think someone should tie them to a tree their whole life and let them off only when that person feels like using them for their enjoyment, or Fixing them ,because people like that need to be fixed. So yeah if you want to put animals to sleep, you should be put asleep. I feel as though people that put animals to sleep also would put people to sleep so lets start with them first. Same as the people who think the earth is over populated and think it needs to be depopulated. Then lets start with the people that feel that way.
Thanks for listening.

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Ok, let me just start by saying, you are wrong.

If an animal is in pain, it is not enjoying its life. A lot of people also want to be euthanised, but it is illegal to do so. Unfortunately animals can't tell you what they want, so you have to make the best judgement you can.

The Earth does need depopulating, there are far too many humans in the world, they are destroying the Earth and it is not ours to destroy. I'm not saying we should kill people, just find some way of restricting breeding.

As for neutering pets... what's your problem with it? You should ALWAYS neuter cats and dogs unless you intend to use them for breeding. They don't care if they neutered. It makes most animals less agressive and temperamental, allowing you to have a better relationship with them. It also means that they wont accidentally get another animal pregnant/get pregnant and leave either you or someone else with a load of babies, which they probably wont be able to deal with. Either that or they will get a stray pregnant, which means more stray animals.

You sound like the kind of person that needs to wake up to reality and realise that in the real world things aren't black and white, and sometimes you have to choose the lesser of two evils, not just ignore the problem.

Well yesterday(friday) my grandma belived there was nothing more she could do for him so she took him to the vet and left him there so they could try and treat him, im sad to say he died last night at the vets :( he will be missed

My dog is 14 and I am completely aware we may have to get him put down soon. I can't explain how crushed I am about this, I've had since I was 3 and I love him to bits I don't even remember what life was like without him. He's an idiot sometimes and is always rooting around in the garbage, barking at nothing and generally being irratating but I love him with all my heart nonetheless.

That being said, he is very sick, has a few different diseases causing him respiratory, urinary, digestive and mobillity problems. He has arthritis, cushings disease, and a sinus infection. If the pain ever becomes too severe for him to function happily I will put him down. I will not be happy about this but I love him and if his pain is that great then I think it is the right choice to make. Animals are perfectly capable of losing the will to live, my mother's cat simply stopped eating because he was so sick. We had to put him down, and my poor mother was crushed. It is so ignorant to say that owners do not have love in their hearts when they put down pets that are in huge amounts of pain. Its such a hard and grievous decision to make, how else could they do it?

For now I am just going to enjoy the time I have left with my dog. He's not dead yet, after all.

sorry about your dog stonnedpenguin. i have no problem with putting any pet down. i think it should be done by someone that cares for or cares about the pet in question. why pay for a vet to do it? i know it might sound cruel to some but i have done it for freinds that could`nt do it. like i said i have no problem with it. may all our pets live long and happy lives! oh yeah... pets don`t need to get high like us, they are fucking happy with our company. IMO.

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Originally Posted by poorman3

sorry about your dog stonnedpenguin. i have no problem with putting any pet down. i think it should be done by someone that cares for or cares about the pet in question. why pay for a vet to do it? i know it might sound cruel to some but i have done it for freinds that could`nt do it. like i said i have no problem with it. may all our pets live long and happy lives! oh yeah... pets don`t need to get high like us, they are fucking happy with our company. IMO.

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I'm scared to ask, but I wanna know..... How do you put them down?

its just an injection. They dont feel anything they just fall asleep...


im sorry to hear about your dog penguin. It sounds like it was a great pet. Im sure you did the right thing by putting it out of its misery.

I was asking poorman3... I know how it works at the vet, I was just wondering if he had a different technique.

a 22 rifle.

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a 22 rifle.

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Fuck that, I'm going to stick with vets. At least you know that's going to work first time.