Jestin Ross’ Post

I understand the commitment, compassion and love intended by this post. It is indeed touching. Having owned dogs all my life, I get it. It is wrong to keep this dog suffering so. Take the love and compassion to a higher level and let it go and end its suffering. I know, I've done it and experienced the pain. This is not true selfless love here, despite appearances. Don't keep the animal in misery to ease your pain.

Post or re-post is a non-issue, but the cynicism of that line of comment shows that we have a long way to go as humans being. When we can act toward each other the way John Enger treated Shep, we'll have achieved a milestone in humanity and what it means to be human. In the meantime, we'll all do our best, from those who consciously create a better world to those who, consciously or unconsciously tear it apart.

FYI this dog passed many years ago.

Dogs are some of the best people I've known.

It is heartbreaking to have to put your dog down. I had to put both of mine down in the past year, had them for 15 and 16 years. Dogs are the only thing that loves you unconditionally, you can treat them worse than dirt and they will wag their tail every time you walk into the room and are happy just to see you. But if you loved your dog unconditionally you would let him go. He's in pain existing.

Dogs have but one flaw…they do not live long enough!

I have 10 rescues, I have not read ALL the comments, but for some of you you who are pro "putting down", even if it's not intentionally malicious..like the one lady below says "He's in pain existing", I say this: Killing a dog, unless it's REALLY in extraordinary circumstances, should be an absolute LAST resort. When granny or grandpa is in pain with months to live maybe...do you just pull the plug and "take them out of their misery"?? I mean, "He / she is also in pain existing" not so? Just like killing fetal state humans is conveniently called "abortion", and not the murder that it IS, so is euthanizing dogs. Some do it en-masse at "kill shelters"...its DISGUSTING! These animals are sentient beings, emotional, feel pain, fear, love, need company...EVERYTHING we do...and so what, just because they can't speak English we all assume they WANT to be killed? What if they COULD talk and say, "Yes...I AM hurting, it's this thing called getting OLD, but I'd rather be with you and feel your comfort to the end rather than lying on some cold steel slab while you hold my paw and some stranger with a syringe robs me of my last days with you. Unless you think the intelligence suddenly disappears & they don't know what you're doing?

As a dog lover and have my own best friend both present and past I empathise and applaud giving his best friend much needed rest and love. However, sometimes as hard as the decision is you need to put your best friends suffering ahead of your own emotional attachement and needs. I have been here and with my own dog who suffered arthritis and after many operations /recuperations I saw the finally the light had gone out from his eyes and he finally needed a rest and could not continue. We took the hardest decision I ever had to make to put him at peace and stop The suffering. Only you can ever know when enough is enough but still applaud every effort to give your dog the best life and opportunity possible. A dog leaves paw prints in our ♥️

A coworker years ago told me, “two weeks too soon is better than one day too late.” We love our dogs. We’ll do anything for them, spare no expense for emergency surgery, take a road trip so they can accompany us versus a plane, take off work because they are sick, etc. But, at some point, we have to say goodbye. A vet told me with our last good boy that sometimes we hold on too long because we are suffering and can’t say goodbye, when really we must to ease the suffering of our good boy. I’ve seen this photo numerous times. Heartbreaking and lovely. Then, in my head I ask: what about the hours out of the water? What is that quality of life for that good boy? It’s hard. It behooves us to reflect and to really consider when it is the right time to say goodbye to a beloved pet, a relationship, a job. And when sometimes when we say goodbye, it is what’s best for them, not us.

Allowing someone or something to continue when pain is all they know is just wrong. Have a relative who killed their spouse to aliviate the endless pain that doctors and medicine could not relieve. To me ending suffering that is endless is real love and takes a strength that very few possess. We keep those around that we should allow to expire or aid in dying do to selfish reasons not love. True love will give you the strength to end suffering not prolonging it so we don’t lose them