The local animal shelter, any rescue group, or a kind hearted vet ( and yes there are lots of those) would have put this animal down in a less brutal manner
I wonder if he would do the same to himself if he were sick and couldn’t afford healthcare.
How sad. Any shelter would have put the dog down.
Vet bills are part of owning a dog. I hope he does not get another dog as dog ownership is clearly out of his economic league. My wife and I dropped $315 on our dog with the vet today.
Late term euthenasia.
Maybe I’m old school and country, but being a hunter and having butchered cows, pigs, etc., I’m missing out on why a vet had to do this. Used to be people did this for themselves. I can certainly think of a quicker and more direct way to do this (in fact several), but as sad as this is, it’s not criminal. If you knew how the beef on your plate gets there you would know that the cow gets killed in much the same way at an abattoir. If our laws were different, the guy could have done it by himself for the price of a syringe and some barbiturates - $10 max. Flame on.
A veterinarian is allowed to euthanize a dog but the owner is not? Or is this strictly a matter of method?
I’m not supporting using a hammer, nor do I look forward to the day when I’ll be in a similar boat, but there’s nothing wrong with a .44 to do the job. That has been a sad but necessary rite of manhood since dogs have been domesticated, and I certainly wouldn’t pay someone else to kill my own dog when that dog is unable to live without serious pain.
Oh wait, I live in the country... you city folks might not remember what life used to be like.
Back when I was a kid most excess kittens around here were put in a sack and drowned.Older dogs were put to sleep by shotgun blast. Peta put’s to rest more animals than any other agency.
Old Shep may have been a mighty good dog, but the fact is Old Shep needs to be put to sleep instead of allowed to suffer. This man had the dog for 10 years and it probably hurt like hell for him to have to do the job, but he did it, and if his conscience is clear what business is it of anyone elses how he did it.
Take a hammer to him since jail time would be too expensive. No, I’m not sympathetic to his case. Last yr I took my 16 yo dog to the emergency vet around midnight after she developed bloat and gastric torsion, and had her put down after much agonizing. Cost me nearly 700 clams before they were through with me. I didn’t like it, but you have a responsibility to care for the dog and make tough choices throughout its life. This end of life decision is the hardest in every sense. The guy here could have negotiated a payment plan with the Vet most likely. He chose unwisely to put it mildly.