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Date Posted: Tue, 12/24/02 7:43pm
Author: Tash"ana
Subject: Re: tough decision
In reply to: Steve Russell 's message, "Re: tough decision" on Tue, 12/24/02 6:53pm

Okay... I'm gonna step right in and put my foot in the pile of poo, as usual.

You say her quality of life will be the same whether treated or untreated. And that you love her, but she ain't all aces at the moment, and you have to keep her crated as it is.

A day to a dog is like a day was to us when we were children - time is more fluid, and it seems to last longer. I can understand that you want to keep her with you awhile longer, but you know, she will have to go sometime. And with the difference only being three months, and with the chance that she will have probs with the treatment.... if you told me that her lifelong dream was to complete her PhD and she could get it done in those three months and die happy, I would say, borrow the money and make a run for it. But three months more to a dog is just miles and miles more time hanging out in the crate and not feeling well, and maybe it is time to let her move on to where she can run and hear and see perfectly again.

Don't take it that I'm not sympathetic - I totally do understand that it's hard. I also understand that sometimes it helps to have a third party point out that medical heroics may not be the best route, and sometimes it's okay to let things happen and say goodbye.

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Replies:

Re: tough decision -- CaseynGeneva, Wed, 12/25/02 8:02am

Re: tough decision -- Steve Russell, Wed, 12/25/02 9:47am

Re: tough decision -- earthw7, Wed, 12/25/02 10:57pm