I personally think death ought to be looked upon much as life is for our pets. We ought to do what we can to make their deaths comfortable, secure and peaceful ... just as we try to make their lives that way.
I hate the thought of having to take my dogs to the vet to be euthanized, when and if that time comes. Fortunately, there is a vet here that will come to your home and euthanize your pet. That is definately what I will do if I ever have to have one of my dogs euthanized. It seems the least I can do, to allow them to die at home, secure and comfortable, with some dignity. That's really the best any of us can hope for in the end, isn't it?
I agree that a vet should never just send the drug home with the pet owner. Too much can go wrong, and too much potential for danger exists. But I feel strongly that vets ought to make house calls for euthanasia.
"We give dogs the time we can spare, the space we can spare and the love we can spare. And in return, dogs give us their all. It's the best deal man has ever made" - M. Facklam
"We are raised to honor all the wrong explorers and discoverers - thieves planting flags, murderers carrying crosses. Let us at last praise the colonizers of dreams."- P.S. Beagle
"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king." - J.R.R. Tolkien
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