It depresses me that some of our dogs have better healthcare than millions of our citizens.
Mind you, I'm a dog lover. My Big Guy died last year aged 10 due to cancer. The thing people don't talk about is the little dogs get old enough to develop chronic health conditions. The last year and a half or so of my Jack Russel's life wasn't the best - her heart failure had reached stage 3, she had cataracts and was practically blind, she'd become largely incontinent. A longer life isn't all it's cracked up to be.
> It depresses me that some of our dogs have better healthcare than millions of our citizens.
And also that they have easier access to euthanasia than most people. When my dog was suffering from terminal cancer, even the vet recommended euthanasia and it was easy to find a provider to come to my home to perform it there.
Mind you, I'm a dog lover. My Big Guy died last year aged 10 due to cancer. The thing people don't talk about is the little dogs get old enough to develop chronic health conditions. The last year and a half or so of my Jack Russel's life wasn't the best - her heart failure had reached stage 3, she had cataracts and was practically blind, she'd become largely incontinent. A longer life isn't all it's cracked up to be.