aspicco
07-23-2010, 10:31 AM
Last Sunday I had to take a neighbor's dog, Daisy, over to the vet's to be euthanized. I stayed with her and stroked her head during the process.
I had walked the dog off & on as a favor for almost 4 years, until a couple of years ago Marie, the neighbor, got someone else to walk Daisy. Marie called my wife & I Sunday morning and asked for advice about what to do. Daisy was a medium sized border collie mix, but had been ill. When I git to her place, she was pretty thin and I was very upset at the neighbor (who is on SSI) for not telling me sooner. She said she was going to let Daisy die at home. Daisy had not eaten in 7 days nor drank water in 2. Hadn't walked in a couple of days. I was so pissed off and upset. Daisy could have lingered for days. I wrapped her in a blanket, got a cab and took her to a 24/7 vet hospital over on the East Side. And because I was so upset about the condition she was in, I told them she was a neighbor's dog so they wouldn't think I was such a cruel owner. Afterwards, all day Sunday, even though I had changed my clothes and showered, I would smell Daisy from time to time.
Some people shouldn't have pets... I was so angry when I left the vets, because Daisy had suffered pointlessly, and as I waked back home I was muttering, cursing and crying a little.
Yesterday when I got home and opened the mail, there was a small package from the vet who had performed the humane euthanasia. Inside was a small plaster cast of Daisy's paw print. In an enclosed card, he wrote "Thank you for the dignity you gave Daisy. She was lucky to have you in her life. Please pass along the enclosed to her owner."
I have had other pets euthanized there in the past. This is not typical. I was very very touched.
I had walked the dog off & on as a favor for almost 4 years, until a couple of years ago Marie, the neighbor, got someone else to walk Daisy. Marie called my wife & I Sunday morning and asked for advice about what to do. Daisy was a medium sized border collie mix, but had been ill. When I git to her place, she was pretty thin and I was very upset at the neighbor (who is on SSI) for not telling me sooner. She said she was going to let Daisy die at home. Daisy had not eaten in 7 days nor drank water in 2. Hadn't walked in a couple of days. I was so pissed off and upset. Daisy could have lingered for days. I wrapped her in a blanket, got a cab and took her to a 24/7 vet hospital over on the East Side. And because I was so upset about the condition she was in, I told them she was a neighbor's dog so they wouldn't think I was such a cruel owner. Afterwards, all day Sunday, even though I had changed my clothes and showered, I would smell Daisy from time to time.
Some people shouldn't have pets... I was so angry when I left the vets, because Daisy had suffered pointlessly, and as I waked back home I was muttering, cursing and crying a little.
Yesterday when I got home and opened the mail, there was a small package from the vet who had performed the humane euthanasia. Inside was a small plaster cast of Daisy's paw print. In an enclosed card, he wrote "Thank you for the dignity you gave Daisy. She was lucky to have you in her life. Please pass along the enclosed to her owner."
I have had other pets euthanized there in the past. This is not typical. I was very very touched.