Our Solemn Obligation
Just finished your book about Sprite. It reminded me of each of the last two dogs I have lost.
My first dog had all the symptoms that Sprite exhibited. I also had two children who were raised with this dog. I carried her to the vet on her final day. It was a tough call, but she was at the end of her life. I cried for days. I received the nicest letter from our state vet school. They received her body. She was part of a successful drug test that gave her several exta quality years.
Our next dog was 16 when she collapsed. On a Sunday morning I found her paralyzed from the waist back, and covered in her own excrement. I live on the NC Outer Banks and we do not have regular vet service. It was going to be 36 hours before a vet came to our island. I had to put her down myself. There was no other choice. I\’ll never forget the the memory of her sad eyes when I put my pistol to her forehead. I burried her next to a lone Confederate grave about a mile from our home. I visit her often.
Determining to end a dog\’s life is very difficult, but absolutely necessary. We have that obligation.
Charles from NC