I Can't Believe She Meant This

[Litterati]

I don't want to turn this thread into an argument but the article makes me sick at heart. Of course we don't have every detail. That said, I hope that the friend who was left in charge of Bella tries everything else within the realms of possibility before having a healthy animal killed. Sadly I too have heard of this sort of instruction being put in a will. There is the route of specifying that one's pet be taken to a well-reputed no-kill shelter for the rest of pet's natural life, and if possible leaving the shelter as large a donation as possible. In my area there is such a shelter and this is a more common request than I would have thought and it is adhered to. Where I once worked a woman had her healthy cat killed because her new condo didn't allow pets and she felt her cat didn't have a friendly personality to be re-homed. I never spoke to her again, not that it mattered, and a vet who would honour this request equally disgusts me. OK, rant over and blessings for a decent outcome for Bella.

[mon]

Oh pleeeeease.... I'm sure the dog will adjust with some time and patience. All this drama and no one has even passed yet. Ridiculous

[Taz_Zoee]

Oh pleeeeease.... I'm sure the dog will adjust with some time and patience. All this drama and no one has even passed yet. Ridiculous

What do you mean no one has even passed yet? Bela's owner passed away in November. And now the dogs fate is up in the air. And yes, I agree, the right person would be able to work with this dog and let it live out the rest of his life. They just need to give him a chance.

At ARF, the shelter I volunteer with, we have a program called the Guardian Program where elderly or ill people can sign up and they have to make a tiny donation each month (I think) and when they pass away we will take the animal and find it a home. It has happened several times and each time the pet(s) found wonderful new homes to live out there lives. One was two senior dogs and they went to a home together.