Pet Owners - How do you know when it is time

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The Philosophy of Dogs

The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue. -Anonymous

Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful. -Ann Landers

If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. -Will Rogers

There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face. -Ben Williams

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself. -Josh Billings

The average dog is a nicer person than the average person. -Andy Rooney

We give dogs time we can spare, space we can spare and love we can spare. And in return, dogs give us their all. It's the best deal man has ever made. -M. Acklam

I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult. -Rita Rudner

Anybody who doesn't know what soap tastes like never washed a dog. -Franklin P. Jones

If your dog is fat, you aren't getting enough exercise. -Unknown

Ever consider what our dogs must think of us? I mean, here we come back from a grocery store with the most amazing haul -- chicken, pork, half a cow. They must think we're the greatest hunters on earth! :) -Anne Tyler

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. -Robert A. Heinlein

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man. -Mark Twain

You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, 'Wow, you're right! I never would've thought of that!' - Dave Barry

Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole. -Roger Caras

If you think dogs can't count, try putting three dog biscuits in your pocket and then give him only two of them. -Phil Pastoret

My goal in life is to be as good of a person my dog already thinks I am.

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[washingtonweather]

I think you will know when,

you just won't want to know.

[Dot Matrix]

My little peke "Baby" was going down hill. I asked the vet WHEN you put a pet to sleep.

He told me he NEVER tells anyone when to do that. HE said years before he had a client that asked when to put Pepper to sleep? And he suggested that NOW would be a good time. Then, the woman got another dog and brought that dog in for years. With each visit she would say, "Do you think we put Pepper down to early?"

HE said it is when you know your pet is ready to go and when YOU are ready to let go."

I went home and had a long talk with Baby and told her if she had to leave me, she could go. I told her I would be alright.

Before I ever got a chance to take her to the vet, she died three days later. I think her death was an agreement between "us." It was still an awful day.

I work for a vet now. We put animals down often. It is always difficult. Most reasons are cancer, or other horrible things like that. A percentage is old age.

But the hobbled, blind animals who have trouble with food and water -- well I think it is merciful. I wish, if I were in that condition, someone would let me rest in peace.

Edited April 30, 2006 by Dot Matrix