Fuckin' Canadians, eh... Amateurs!!

You're making an assumption that the dog will have a horrible life without the owner, which is not necessarily true. I volunteer in a municipal shelter and owner surrendered animals happens more often than I care for. But, working with rescue partners , we can place most of these dogs in a new home. They have a chance. Whereas in this case, this dog has no chance. Once it's dead it's dead.

I commend your ability to bring up a story that many vegetarians will now be commenting on! I myself am not a vegetarian, so I'm not quite sure why I'm posting other than to say thanks.

You don't support a woman's right to choose?

Without taking this off the rails, reading a lot of the replies and applying them to an abortion instead of a euthanasia and it reads pretty funny in an ironic kind of way.

So, when did you say that announcement will be made ? :-)

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RayGovett
Hughson CA
Be Prepared-- Strike Swiftly -- Who Dares Wins- Without warning-"it will be hard. I can do it"

Not the case. The shelter had a list of people willing to re-home the dog. The dog was healthy. The executor was just an unsympathetic arsehole that could not bend the rules for the greater good. The lady is dead, she would never have known here dog lived out its life with another owner.

I also have a problem with the Vet that killed a perfectly healthy dog at the request of some scumbag lawyer.

Your dog may not be a financial burden on a family who decides to take it, but that doesn't guarantee your dog a blissful, residual life. In most cases I am sure certain screening procedures can be put in place to ensure that it goes to a loving home and ideally it is pre-planned and agreed with someone you have complete trust in. However as has been pointed out by many in this thread, there are a lot of sh!tty people out there. What is to say the $ is not simply a magnet for a greedy family or even relatives to step up, take the money then neglect the hell out a pet? The fact that there are rescue shelters and thousands of dogs being put down daily attests to the number of unloved animals out there, either coming from families with good, initial intentions or just plain crappy people. Let's not pretend it doesn't happen. Though odds are in this case it could have worked out well, there is not one blanket judgement that suits all cases.

I just put down my 16 yo deaf/blind girl who was showing the first signs of discomfort from a growing tumour. I was fortunate that in her later years my parents were able to care for her during the day and ultimately she gravitated strongly to my father because he doted on her. When we were not around she just slept at the garage door waiting for him (primarily) to come home. If we were to all perish and had no other family, I would not want her stressing out being picked up by some random people that could potentially leave her in a kennel in the backyard. Money is no guarantee she would get cared for; could just buy a new tv for a family.

My thoughts on this are completely different where a dog is loving and either young or completely healthy. Would your opinion change if you thought there was a realistic chance your dog could end up seeing out its days cooped up in a small backyard, rarely taken anywhere and not let in the house? That's assuming of course it isn't subjected to any additional cruelty.

Pet ownership should require an upfront deposit of an amount that can permit a reputable shelter to care for it for a minimum of a year. If your pet is returned or shows signs of neglect within (say) a two year window then you lose the lot.

This thread is hilarious.