Dont shoot dogs!

[Irving]

What do you mean? Like taking them to the vet, or if you're allowed to plug 'em then bury 'em?

I know that when you take them to the vet to get put down, they used to give them back to you so you could bury them. They don't anymore though, because they don't want the "put down" drugs leaching into the soil.

[Drilldov2.0]

As said before, glad to see some accountability.

Irving, the drugs survive the cremation now? I am taking my dogs (their ashes) with me when the time comes.

What do you mean? Like taking them to the vet, or if you're allowed to plug 'em then bury 'em?

I know that when you take them to the vet to get put down, they used to give them back to you so you could bury them. They don't anymore though, because they don't want the "put down" drugs leaching into the soil.

[mcantar18c]

What do you mean? Like taking them to the vet, or if you're allowed to plug 'em then bury 'em?

I know that when you take them to the vet to get put down, they used to give them back to you so you could bury them. They don't anymore though, because they don't want the "put down" drugs leaching into the soil.

I mean dig a hole out in the pasture, say your goodbyes, and give em a humane ending to their suffering. I've heard this is considered "animal abuse" by the greenies but I haven't really looked into it since my pup still has a good 5-8 years ahead of him, God willing, and I don't want to think about having to do it until I really do have to.

It absolutely sucks, one of the toughest things a man will face in his lifetime, but its part of being a man. You don't farm out the hard stuff just because you don't want to do it. Taking your best friend and family member (only family some of us can stand) to someone else that will strap em down to a table and stick em with a needle may be easier for you, but it ain't right.

[mutt]

I mean dig a hole out in the pasture, say your goodbyes, and give em a humane ending to their suffering. I've heard this is considered "animal abuse" by the greenies but I haven't really looked into it since my pup still has a good 5-8 years ahead of him, God willing, and I don't want to think about having to do it until I really do have to.

It absolutely sucks, one of the toughest things a man will face in his lifetime, but its part of being a man. You don't farm out the hard stuff just because you don't want to do it. Taking your best friend and family member (only family some of us can stand) to someone else that will strap em down to a table and stick em with a needle may be easier for you, but it ain't right.

You don't drop them off like an unwanted junk car and wash your hands of it. And they don't strap them down like some condemned criminal. You're there. You hold them and you comfort them as they slowly drift away, peacefully. I've had to do it twice and each time it was the hardest thing I've ever had to do. Putting them to sleep is a lot more humane than putting a bullet in them. I could never fathom letting that last memory, that last moment together, be something so violent.

[mcantar18c]

Guess its just another one of those things that's been pussified in our "modern" society.
I'll say it again, you don't farm out the hard stuff just cause you "can't" do it yourself. Sometimes unpleasant things just need to be done. I don't care how they do it at the vet, its YOUR dog and the deed should be done by YOUR hand.

[Irving]

You try too hard to be a hard ass. Are you planning on hand making a pine box for grandma and towing her to the cemetery on a horse drawn wagon too?

[chunga]

mcantar
Using your line of thinking
If you break your leg--do you take a hit of whisky and bite a stick and set it yourself or go to the ER? It's your leg so you should set it yourself.
A gunshot can be a humane way of dispatching an animal but modern drugs can make it much more humane.
Are you saying that being humane equals pussified?

[mcantar18c]

You try too hard to be a hard ass. Are you planning on hand making a pine box for grandma and towing her to the cemetery on a horse drawn wagon too?

I was raised to handle things myself, and I'm sure the others here raised similarly will back me up on this. I see it as almost disrespectful to the animal to have some stranger be the one to end its suffering, or anyone else other than its master for that matter.
By "end its suffering" I don't mean all of that "life is hard, the world is evil" bullshit, I mean in the sense that there's no need to put it down if its in good health.

mcantar
Using your line of thinking
If you break your leg--do you take a hit of whisky and bite a stick and set it yourself or go to the ER. It's your leg so you should set it yourself.
A gunshot can be a humane way of dispatching an animal but modern drugs can make it much more humane.
Are you saying that being humane equals pussified?

You apparently don't understand my line of thinking.
No, if I break a leg I will go see a professional that fixes people for a living. If my dog gets very sick, I will go take him to a professional that can help him.
But if its time, then its time...

[Irving]

I was raised to handle things myself, and I'm sure the others here raised similarly will back me up on this.

So do you bag all your trash and drive it to the dump as well? Where do you draw the line? I understand what you are trying to express, but are you going to prefer that your kids shoot you in the face when it's your "time?"

[Sutekiwa]

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