Originally posted by GoldenRetrLuver
I had a Dachshund growing up as a young child, and one day he had suffered a "slipped disk" while I was at school. I had came home, and my mother and I rushed him to the vet. There was surgery available for him (he would have to spend the rest of his life walking around with a "doggie wheelchair"), but my parents decided against it and chose to euthanize him. Even to this day, I have not forgiven them for that.
Why would you not forgive them for that? They made the best choice they could, given the circumstances. Perhaps, since you were a child, you did not understand all the medical and/or monetary implications. Perhaps your parents did not feel living life paralyzed, dragging his back legs in a cart, was a good quality of life for a dog. I don't necesarily think it is, either. Maybe you should speak calmly with your parents about this, and discover why they made the choice they did. I do not feel it is necesarily a bad choice, and I certainly don't feel it is something you should hold against them. We parents do the best we can.