Neat article on cnn.com

[smokey the elder]

I ran across this just now on cnn.com, about dealing with sick and aging pets and the options that are out there. There are pet hospices now.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/personal/11/29/aging.pets/index.html

[catmandu]

And Thats Of Course A Sad Fact Of Being A Pet Guardian, And Thats The Fact That You Are Going To Outlive Your Companion.
That The Pet That Was Once A Young Puppy Or Kitten Full Of Life Is One Day Going To Age Before Your Eyes One Day Will Pass On.

The Only Thing That We Can Do Is To Love Our Friends And Make Thier Lives As Happy As Possible, And To Love Them All We Can.
I Had No Idea On Januaery First That When I Was Typing This That Almond Rocca Baton And Precious Would Be Angels.
I Miss Them Both So Much And Pray That As Recruits In The Pet Angel Army , That They Are Having A Great Time In South Ameriac, And They Have A Spot For Me With Them.
One Fine Day.

[columbine]

There's no proving it, of course, but I think humans are the only species to fear death itself. It baffles me when humans are willing to go through months or years of pain, nausea, and dragging down their families' futures just to avoid crossing the line. Or they get put through it by families who are uncomfortable about not having treated them better when they were healthy, medical establishments who can milk the family for more money that way, or even used as pawns in family feuds, with the parties egged on by unscrupulous attorneys. Quality of life, heck - sometimes I think quality of death would be worth thinking about!

Cats, dogs, everybody else - of course they don't want to be in pain or feel lousy, but I don't get the impression that they fear death. Like Isaac Asimov said, "Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome."

Love, Columbine