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Erika L. Walker wrote: > Piping in to be devil's advocate and to mention some stuff: > > This is Dinner's dog. Not mine, not yours. This dog is part of his family > and his responsibility. Not yours, not mine. > > My assumption from his post: He feels it is his responsibility for this dog > to have a dignified end to his life, because sending him ANYWHERE does not > allow Dinner the peace of mind to know > a) he will be managed and cared for properly; > b) that the dog does not hurt anyone else. > > He has tried to give this dog a home where MANY MANY others would of put him > down already. This is Dinner's dog. He had a conference with his vet and > together they decided on the best course of action. > > Seems to me, we're all jumping on him and making judgements when DINNER > clearly felt a lot of pain over this decision and felt that reaching out to > US for SUPPORT was something he could do. Instead, we jumped on him. Albeit, > the way he writes, it left a lot of open questions. However, he's been a > part of this list long enough to establish a decent rep here. > > Not the least of which, if this dog is in as much pain or discomfort as he > is, mentally or physically, it just might be the most humane thing. Who > knows!!!!!! NONE OF US DO!!! BECAUSE HE ISN'T OURS! We aren't the dog! We > aren't Dinner! Walk in someone else's shoes before you pass judgement and > get angry! > > Gah! > > My post ONLY reflects my opinion of Dinner's treatment about this topic. I > would hope that if something else goes wrong in his life, he would feel able > to reach out to us. My post does not contain my opinion IN GENERAL on what > people should do with pets that they can no longer take care of. Just to be > VERY clear. I will not be posting my views on that subject. I feel this > thread was not started for that purpose, although yes, this is Community and > we love hijacking. :) > > Cheerios, > E > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:253171 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
