One doesn't like to think about ... the end. You know, when the grim reaper comes and delivers you to your fate. In this pic, Carmie, our dog, passed on... and left us bereft for two years. Wabby, the cat, is still with us but...at 19, who knows how much longer we will have her.
Our pets force us to think about the end, don't they? Despite the best in healthcare, our pets do not live long enough. Whatever pet you have, it's likely that he or she will pass on before you do. I know, some birds live forever, but...for those of us with warm-blooded animals (dogs, cats, ferrets, horses, etc), we will face their demise at some point in time.
That is not to say one or more of us won't go first. It happens. And, there is a movement to give pets protection by creating trusts for them. I approve. I have not done this, but I approve it. I wonder why pet insurance companies don't partner with the legal firms offering pet trusts - and give folks a way to combine the two. Seems like that would be in the pet's best interest, yes?
Introducing guest blogger, Alecia Evans of Walk in Sync
Do we have an ethical or moral right to use training and walking tools with dogs that choke them when there are safer more effective tools we can use to train them?
Have you ever used or are you considering using a harness to train and walk your dog?
Has the time for collars, neck and nose attachments to your dog run its course?
What do you think? What do your readers or subscribers think?
Here's what I think:
We Can Do Better for our Dogs and Pups
With a head's up to Something Wagging This Way Comes, and her fantastic post, 5 Ways Dogs Save the World, here are my 7 Ways Dogs Will Save the World This Year. Seriously.
1. By being...themselves. Dogs just naturally generate love everywhere they go. They attract little children, they slobber all over their owners, they send out those, "Hey, want some warm hugging?" vibes and then they deliver.
2. Dogs rescue people. Dogs all over the world are called upon to rescue people from their own misfortune (hanging out on mountains where an avalanch is imminent - just saying...), from natural disasters, and even from other creatures - like those pesky cats that are allowed on the furniture when the dog isn't. Really, what's up with that?
Typical Day at our house:
I want this bill in CO! As I've written about before, pets can be injured in abuse cases involving wife or children, just as humans can. And, often, the pet is hurt to inflict psychological pain on the other humans - as if the physical pain they feel isn't enough!
In Florida, State Senator Mike Fasano introduced an Animal Abuse Registry Bill to get animal abusers registered, which is about time, isn't it? Kudos to him. Well, he hasn't stopped there. He also just introduced another bill to hold people accountable when they abuse the family pet in a domestic violence case.
Continue reading "Domestic Abuse bill protects pets, too!" »
that, if I die before he does, I want him euthanized to save him the misery of living without me.
Seriously? Did you read that right? Yes. I did not say it, I just wrote it. In The NY Times, The Ethicist received this question:
I am a veterinarian, and one of my clients is an elderly woman who loves her 8-year-old Pomeranian dearly but has no family or friends who might inherit it. She wants me to sign a legal document stating that I will euthanize it if she dies before the dog does. What should I do? NAME WITHHELD, BOSTON
Who is not appalled? The vet, in my opinion, should ask this person - "Do you not have guests in your home? Would one of them be able to help find your dog a new home? Do you suppose that you are the only human being that your dog may find it in his heart to love? Perhaps you might begin to look for a second home, now, before this happens?"
Two puppies who helped celebrate the New Year fun!
And a good time was had by all! w00t!
(hey, what happened to the other puppies??? Stay tuned!)
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