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Some friends of my mom’s have a five-year-old standard poodle who, it was discovered, has cancer in his mouth/jaw. The vet’s going to remove the poor dog’s jaw from behind the canine tooth onward. It’s not my call, and I know those people love their dog very much, but I’m not sure I could ask my pet to go through that; it seems cruel. I think what I’d do is let the dog hang around for as long as he’s not feeling pain, and then let him go. Of course, it’s easy for me to say, isn’t it.
posted by Newpeep, N.D. (neurotic depressive) @ 10:48 PM
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I had a cat named Bony who had tongue cancer. It was the most painful thing in the world to watch him die and not be able to do anything for him. To keep an animal alive in order to gratify your needs to keep them alive longer is cruel, cruel, cruel. I had to have Bony put to sleep the instant I knew he couldn't eat properly. Enough said.
I'm very sorry to hear about that, Balwearie. It must have been a very difficult situation, one that every pet owner faces eventually. :-(
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