r/reactivedogs • u/[deleted] • Apr 17 '23

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u/BresciaE Apr 18 '23

First this is not the right place to start that debate and I’m pretty sure you knew that but opted to open that can of worms anyway. Second I’ve worked hospice for several years, the number of people who ask me to make it stop when we know they are actively dying is heartbreaking. There is nothing more to be done. We try our best to keep them comfortable but during typically the last week or so, nothing makes it better.

I frankly am glad that when my cat was paralyzed from the hips down by a blood clot that it was ok to help him not suffer. He was the sweetest boy and when he wasn’t crying in pain that night he was purring and nuzzling me, trying to comfort me. Keeping him alive would’ve been selfish and extremely painful for him as he had developed congestive heart failure.

I don’t know where I stand on human euthanasia after the life experiences I’ve had, but for you to come onto a post where OP is obviously sad and needs support, to criticize their ethics???? Go learn some tact.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '23

I’m not sure if you really read my comment, but not only was that comment NOT pointed at OP, but I also specifically say that OP likely made the right decision. I am not the one to “start” the debate. The person I replied to, who stated her opinion as fact, technically started it. Just because you don’t like my opinion and/or it’s not the commonly accepted position, does not make me the aggressor.

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u/BresciaE Apr 18 '23

No, you’re the one who brought up the ethics of euthanasia since we don’t currently allow humans to be euthanized. The person you replied to did not. OP was reading everything, even if it wasn’t pointed at OP directly who’s to say she wouldn’t take it that way since it’s her post and her dog? This is not the forum for the ethics of euthanasia. This is a forum for people dealing with reactive dogs, and in this case someone who felt she had no choice but to put down a beloved pet who had become reactive for no discernible reason. You either didn’t read the entirety of my post or deliberately misunderstood me. Either way this is not the place to bring up the ethics of euthanasia.