Comments on: Just Let The Damn Thing DIE!!! http://funkybrownchick.com/2006/12/28/just-let-the-damn-thing-die/ Twanna is a sex, dating and relationships writer in New York City. She's funky. She has brown skin. And, she's a chick. FUNKYBROWNCHICK® chronicles her life. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:56:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lionel Nayman http://funkybrownchick.com/2006/12/28/just-let-the-damn-thing-die/comment-page-1/#comment-176768 Lionel Nayman Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:04:17 +0000 http://funkybrownchick.com/2006/12/28/just-let-the-damn-thing-die/#comment-176768 wow, nice post wow, nice post

]]> By: FUNKY BROWN CHICK http://funkybrownchick.com/2006/12/28/just-let-the-damn-thing-die/comment-page-1/#comment-8699 FUNKY BROWN CHICK Tue, 02 Jan 2007 04:29:03 +0000 http://funkybrownchick.com/2006/12/28/just-let-the-damn-thing-die/#comment-8699 <b>Laurie</b>: :-) <b>Error Boy</b>: Um, nope. Laurie: :-)

Error Boy: Um, nope.

]]> By: ErrorBoy http://funkybrownchick.com/2006/12/28/just-let-the-damn-thing-die/comment-page-1/#comment-8693 ErrorBoy Mon, 01 Jan 2007 23:49:15 +0000 http://funkybrownchick.com/2006/12/28/just-let-the-damn-thing-die/#comment-8693 You seem rather jealous of the attention four-legged pussy is getting... I wonder what Freud would say about that... 'petting envy', 'feline fixation' or 'canine collusion'...? You seem rather jealous of the attention four-legged pussy is getting… I wonder what Freud would say about that… ‘petting envy’, ‘feline fixation’ or ‘canine collusion’…?

]]> By: Laurie http://funkybrownchick.com/2006/12/28/just-let-the-damn-thing-die/comment-page-1/#comment-8496 Laurie Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:54:25 +0000 http://funkybrownchick.com/2006/12/28/just-let-the-damn-thing-die/#comment-8496 Thank you. and I love kisses! Miss B's video, omigod! It is beautiful and I cried through the whole thing. What a lovely tribute. Hugs to Mags, it's never easy. Thank you. and I love kisses!

Miss B’s video, omigod! It is beautiful and I cried through the whole thing. What a lovely tribute.

Hugs to Mags, it’s never easy.

]]> By: FUNKY BROWN CHICK http://funkybrownchick.com/2006/12/28/just-let-the-damn-thing-die/comment-page-1/#comment-8494 FUNKY BROWN CHICK Fri, 29 Dec 2006 13:48:58 +0000 http://funkybrownchick.com/2006/12/28/just-let-the-damn-thing-die/#comment-8494 UPDATE ... Recent conversation with my friend Mags ... <i><b>Me</b>: Did you read my blog today. <b>Mags</b>: Yes. <b>Me</b>: Are you going to call your parents and tell them to put Mikey to sleep? <b>Mags</b>: No.</i> Dammit!!!! :-) UPDATE … Recent conversation with my friend Mags …

Me: Did you read my blog today.
Mags: Yes.

Me: Are you going to call your parents and tell them to put Mikey to sleep?
Mags: No.

Dammit!!!! :-)

]]> By: FUNKY BROWN CHICK http://funkybrownchick.com/2006/12/28/just-let-the-damn-thing-die/comment-page-1/#comment-8306 FUNKY BROWN CHICK Thu, 28 Dec 2006 17:24:42 +0000 http://funkybrownchick.com/2006/12/28/just-let-the-damn-thing-die/#comment-8306 Laurie, I could *kiss* you! Beautifully written. (I'm totally gonna forward this on to my friend Mags.) Now, if anyone out there wants to see a pet owner's touching and sad but *BEAUTIFUL* tribute to her pet (God rest its soul), check out the video blog post (vlog post) made by the fabulous <a href="http://missbhavens.blogspot.com/2006/10/miss-you-already.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Miss B Havens</a>. Laurie, I could *kiss* you! Beautifully written. (I’m totally gonna forward this on to my friend Mags.) Now, if anyone out there wants to see a pet owner’s touching and sad but *BEAUTIFUL* tribute to her pet (God rest its soul), check out the video blog post (vlog post) made by the fabulous Miss B Havens.

]]> By: Laurie http://funkybrownchick.com/2006/12/28/just-let-the-damn-thing-die/comment-page-1/#comment-8303 Laurie Thu, 28 Dec 2006 16:53:07 +0000 http://funkybrownchick.com/2006/12/28/just-let-the-damn-thing-die/#comment-8303 I had to put my two beloved dogs down in 2005. My labmix was 11 and had cancer. She began to fail quickly and we put her down when her back legs began to fail. To wait any longer would have been risking possible injury when we were not at home. We put down out cockermix of 15 1/2 years a few months later. She had very limited vision, her hearing was mostly gone and her legs were stiff with arthritis. When we took her in, my husband asked if we were doing the right thing and my vet heartily endorsed our decision. Although an animal might still technically function on some level, once it loses quality of life it's time to do the right thing and end the suffering. People keep pets alive for selfish reasons. I am a true lover of all animals (except opposums) but one thing I have learned is when extraordinary measures are needed to keep a pet alive, it's time to let go. It isn't fair to the animal and completely selfish on the part of the owner. I held both my dogs in my arms when the shots were given. Yes, it was painful and it broke my heart but it was my responsibility. Pets trust us to take care of them and do the right thing. I now have a six month old some kinda terrier mix puppy. We adore her and the new life she brought in our home. The day we brought her home my husband and I looked at each other and vowed when Sachi loses quality of life, we will again do the right thing and not let her suffer. That is what it means to love a pet. I had to put my two beloved dogs down in 2005. My labmix was 11 and had cancer. She began to fail quickly and we put her down when her back legs began to fail. To wait any longer would have been risking possible injury when we were not at home. We put down out cockermix of 15 1/2 years a few months later. She had very limited vision, her hearing was mostly gone and her legs were stiff with arthritis. When we took her in, my husband asked if we were doing the right thing and my vet heartily endorsed our decision. Although an animal might still technically function on some level, once it loses quality of life it’s time to do the right thing and end the suffering.

People keep pets alive for selfish reasons. I am a true lover of all animals (except opposums) but one thing I have learned is when extraordinary measures are needed to keep a pet alive, it’s time to let go. It isn’t fair to the animal and completely selfish on the part of the owner.

I held both my dogs in my arms when the shots were given. Yes, it was painful and it broke my heart but it was my responsibility. Pets trust us to take care of them and do the right thing.

I now have a six month old some kinda terrier mix puppy. We adore her and the new life she brought in our home. The day we brought her home my husband and I looked at each other and vowed when Sachi loses quality of life, we will again do the right thing and not let her suffer.

That is what it means to love a pet.

]]> By: FUNKY BROWN CHICK http://funkybrownchick.com/2006/12/28/just-let-the-damn-thing-die/comment-page-1/#comment-8302 FUNKY BROWN CHICK Thu, 28 Dec 2006 16:38:53 +0000 http://funkybrownchick.com/2006/12/28/just-let-the-damn-thing-die/#comment-8302 <strong>mel</strong>: Exactly. I, too, have nothing but love in my heart for our feline and kanine friends, but the whole keep-them-alive-until-they-rot craze has gone a bit too far. <strong>Raymond</strong>: It *really* bugs me. Why? Can you tell? ;-) By the way, my friend "The E" sent me a link to <a href="http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/base/news-10/1167024931122190.xml&coll=1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">THIS</a> story today. Apparently the madness is spreading to Japan! mel: Exactly. I, too, have nothing but love in my heart for our feline and kanine friends, but the whole keep-them-alive-until-they-rot craze has gone a bit too far.

Raymond: It *really* bugs me. Why? Can you tell? ;-) By the way, my friend “The E” sent me a link to THIS story today. Apparently the madness is spreading to Japan!

]]> By: Raymond http://funkybrownchick.com/2006/12/28/just-let-the-damn-thing-die/comment-page-1/#comment-8087 Raymond Thu, 28 Dec 2006 06:26:45 +0000 http://funkybrownchick.com/2006/12/28/just-let-the-damn-thing-die/#comment-8087 Damn, Stolie How do you really feel about this issue? Damn, Stolie

How do you really feel about this issue?

]]> By: mel http://funkybrownchick.com/2006/12/28/just-let-the-damn-thing-die/comment-page-1/#comment-8086 mel Thu, 28 Dec 2006 06:13:15 +0000 http://funkybrownchick.com/2006/12/28/just-let-the-damn-thing-die/#comment-8086 We have had to do that a couple of times. Put a pet "to sleep". Its not an easy thing to do but when the poor thing is suffering, why prolong things. I have a friend who has a dog with cancer. She spent $5000 in one year on treatment. Sorry, I loved my pets too, but that is just crazy! We have had to do that a couple of times. Put a pet “to sleep”. Its not an easy thing to do but when the poor thing is suffering, why prolong things. I have a friend who has a dog with cancer. She spent $5000 in one year on treatment. Sorry, I loved my pets too, but that is just crazy!

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