Woman's death wish.. have her healthy dog euthanized

OMG, how awful. I'm thinking she believed the dog would grieve for her so intensely, she couldn't bear it, or thought the dog couldn't be adopted.
 

The epitome of selfishness. And here's the topper from that article... "It turns out the practice is not only cruel, but it's also illegal. Dog remains cannot be buried with their owners in most cemeteries."

So they killed the little thing for NOTHING.
 
C'est Moi said:
The epitome of selfishness. And here's the topper from that article... "It turns out the practice is not only cruel, but it's also illegal. Dog remains cannot be buried with their owners in most cemeteries."

So they killed the little thing for NOTHING.
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Yes, she's the most selfish thing I've ever heard of. She must be whack.
 
C'est Moi said:
The epitome of selfishness. And here's the topper from that article... "It turns out the practice is not only cruel, but it's also illegal. Dog remains cannot be buried with their owners in most cemeteries."

So they killed the little thing for NOTHING.
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I wondered if this was legal and I don’t mean the burial of the dog in the same coffin. The fact that someone can order their healthy dog killed should be illegal. Period.
 
Keesha said:
I wondered if this was legal and I don’t mean the burial of the dog in the same coffin. The fact that someone can order their healthy dog killed should be illegal. Period.
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It was mentioned on Inside Edition that "they" are trying to get a bill enacted to stop the practice. Hope it gets the needed attention.
 
The very fact that adding an animal to the same casket is illegal should have been sufficient enough to stop this.
If it is illegal then they would have to deceitfully add the deceased dog into the casket without the funeral directors knowing, unless they were all in on it and if that was the case , shame on them. You’d think one person at least would have some common sense to realize this request seriously unfair. I hope some good comes from this story to at least create change for the better fair treatment of all animals. What a shame.
 
I can't even read the facts behind this post. I heard this story, of this ignorant, selfish b#$%h (the human), and I got so angry, I almost lost it. When I worked with a vet (I was in pre-vet, at the time), when we dealt with ignorant clients who wanted perfectly healthy dogs put down because they were no longer able to control them or they had simply lost interest, we'd tell them that the pet would be put to sleep as our schedule allowed, and then we'd find them loving, caring homes. Yes, the vet risked losing his license, but he knew he had to do the right thing. Whoever murdered this dog should lose his/her complete client base!
 
When I heard about this yesterday, I thought it was my bad hearing; it couldn't be true. Then I heard it on another broadcast.
There is no limit to people's cruelty.

I have a brother like that. His dog had bone cancer, back legs weren't working, the Vet told him he should be put down because he's in terrible pain. I argued with him about it for two weeks; he said, "No...he goes when I say he goes...I decide when." The dog suffered for 7 more days before dying. I think (like this psycho lady) it's a combination of control, selfishness & ego; not concern about the dog living without her. "Ego meaning "I'm so great, the dog can't live without me."
 
win231 said:
“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”

(Quote from Mahatma Ghandhi, & I believe it 100%)
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Except that the little feller never said that.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/gandhi-s-hoax-quote/story-g3tWx6HSo9UECeW4j1TymO.html
A very common quote attributed to Mahatma Gandhi runs as follows: "Greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." This quote is used often by stray dog advocacy groups to oppose a Western solution to the menace these creatures pose to Indians. Well-known authors also brandish this quote but without a footnote/bibliographical citation. But unfortunately, for animal activists of all stripes, the fact is that this is a quote that Gandhi never uttered in his life. Exhaustive research by Australian author, lecturer and radio commentator, Philip Johnson, establishes that this is a quote attributed to Gandhi by an unknown author who wanted to cast the Mahatma in a romanticised light. The quote is also not in sync with Gandhi's actual views and practices with regard to some animals.

Johnson examined 98 volumes of the 'Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi' issued in 1999 by the Publications Division, Government of India. "The collected works contain his speeches, letters, and transcriptions of even telegrams, newspaper and magazine articles, prefaces he wrote to other writers’ works and so on. The result of my search is that there is no such quote to be found in any of the 98 volumes!'' wrote Johnson in his online blog, 'Animals Matter to God'. Johnson augments the hoax expose by citing the fact that the so-called Gandhi quote has many variations, all attributed to the Mahatma!
What can be accurately attributed to Gandhi are his views on stray dogs. In a nutshell, Gandhi, writing in various forums such as 'Young India', was of the opinion that there must be no stray dogs. He advocated that dogs be put up for adoption or kept in shelters, and the balance euthanised. Gandhi spoke against feeding ants, monkeys and dogs. "There is a regular science of dog-keeping which the people in the West have formulated and perfected. We should learn it from them and devise measures for the solution of our own problem," wrote Gandhi (Vol. 36, 'Collected Works', Pg 412).
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It's a shame that a healthy dog who would likely be adopted by caring people, be euthanized just because the owner wanted to be buried with the dog. I can see if an older person has a very old and sickly dog, who already has a poor quality of life and is in and out of vet offices and hospitals. Then I can understand the owner wanting to make sure that the dog didn't suffer any longer, without her caring for the pet.

My neighbor suddenly died in his home next door to me, he was only in his early 50s, recently got divorced and lived alone with his rescue Chihuahua mix. His daughter stopped by to visit him one night, to find him on the floor, already dead. She called 911, and quickly came over to my house for support from me and my husband. Of course, even though we were already in bed, we got dressed and were there to help.

The daughter was very upset and she worried because she didn't know what to do with his dog. I don't think she could have taken the dog, but I'm not really sure, everything was very emotional with the first responders there, neighbors gathered around, etc. We took the dog into our home right away, although we already had two dogs, but they seemed to be okay with our new visitor.

The dog was sweet, a bit feisty, but housetrained. We didn't think we wanted a third dog, especially with our lifestyle, camping, etc. But I was willing to keep her as long as it took to find her a good forever home, I'd never just stick her in a shelter or kennel unless there was no other choice.

After a couple of weeks, the neighbor's son showed up at our door and said his grandmother wanted to take her, so off she went. Kind of bittersweet because we were growing fond of her. I think my neighbors would do the same for me, there was some discussion after that that we wouldn't let anyone's pet be put in a shelter without trying to find a really caring family for them.

Neighbor's dog on the left.

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