--S-A-- Msnbc: Americans, Pets & Drugs

[Guest guest]

Theres a limit for how much you should spend on prolonging your pets life, I

think, at least there is for me. My cats are like a member of my family, and if

I were rich I think I might do just about anything to keep them here and

functioning as long as I can. But the key word there is functioning. If you

are saving a pets life only to have that pet not be able to live it as it would

naturally, then you should start thinking letting your pet die with dignity,

also, I think its silly to prolong a terminal condition when that condition

makes life harder for the pet. But I can't say whats right for other pet owners

to do, so long as they aren't hurting their animals. Some people feel the same

way about people that I do about pets. That there are points when people should

be allowed to put themselves out of their misery and die with some dignity.

Others are passionately against that. Who's to say? Eventually we'll all die

and maybe then we'll know. Or maybe not.

Whatever.

 

Marsha Abernethy <bigslowsmom wrote: I know that pet lovers

everywhere will disagree with me but I have noticed this trend for awhile. Big

bucks for doggy day care, vets, and the major drug companies, who also

advertised petmeds on television. I don't have a dog, as much as I would love to

have one, because I can't afford one. I still believe an animal is an animal and

if it is in pain put it to sleep.