My Veterinerian now Carries; Thanked Me...

[Que]

Great examples are easy to follow. Good job adding to the ranks.

 

[BiscuitNaBasket]

Oh boy...

 

[Que]

I used to make jokes with Lovemywoods about him taking his old dog outside and putting it down. It was blind and deaf. After I got a dog for my family, I realized how much we love her and those "jokes" came back to my consciousness. If I were in his shoes, I would have been really upset. I'm glad he was able to overlook my ignorance and insensitivity, but I certainly learned my lesson: KEEP YOUR BIG YAP SHUT, because everything isn't funny to everyone!

 

[Harleyrider_50]

That same veterinarian who has cared so well for five of our beloved dogs has also euthanized two of them. Not funny.

........NOPE......ain't ain't nuth'n funny at all 'bout it......been'ere, an' once is too da*n much.......lost my 2 old'st 35 days apart Feb, an' Mar 'is year......

 

[Harleyrider_50]

Bah. It was hilarious. I've had to euthanized 4 animals in the last few years (on of them my dearest companion for 13 years) and it's ridiculous what they charge for the service.

?......TUFF broad, huh?.......yeah......then you'll do the same with you 2 leg'd kids too, then huh?........

 

[Harleyrider_50]

That same veterinarian who has cared so well for five of our beloved dogs has also euthanized two of them. Not funny.

If I loved my pet? Betraying a trusting friend? Geez, I thought I was the one with the mommy parts around here. It's a animal. I'm pretty sure he doesn't say to himself, "Oh, thank goodness, 88GT is taking me out to the back 40 to put a bullet in my brain. I just couldn't bear to live with the knowledge that she paid someone else to do it with a needle. A needle." Newsflash: there's no insulation from the grief no matter which way the deed gets done.

I'm no stranger to taking care of business, but unless and until the discharge of firearms within Marion County becomes legal, I'm stuck with the needle, since the other methods would most likely get me arrested for cruelty to animals.

They ain't as stoopid as ya think......mine's da*n near human......

hang'n.....or drawn an' 1/4'd on'a other ........at's jus' my 'pinion.......

 

[JetGirl]

Was it dark humor? Yes.
Was it crass and obtuse? Yes.
Was it fairly insensitive? Yes.
Did I *snerk* anyhow? Yes.

Like most here, I've had to put down my boy (13 years ago last week). I miss him all the time and he still finds his way into many of my dreams all this time later. He was such a good and faithful boy.
I still snerked at the irreverent comment. That doesn't make me un-miss him or un-love him or un-want-him-back one bit, and doesn't make me some kind of heartless "broad" either.

Newsflash: there's no insulation from the grief no matter which way the deed gets done.

There's the whole of it, right there^. Some of us don't live in a place where you have any choice about how things get done.
For my boy, it had to be the needle. So I sat on the tile floor in the vet's exam room with my Buddy in my lap...his poor body full of tumors and every painful bad thing you can imagine from them. He exhaled his last breath and slipped away in my arms while I sobbed like a baby and watched those milky brown eyes close forever.

everything isn't funny to everyone!

True enough.

All of that to say, yeah...I *snerked* anyhow.

 

[Harleyrider_50]

That same veterinarian who has cared so well for five of our beloved dogs has also euthanized two of them. Not funny.

Was it dark humor? Yes.
Was it crass and obtuse? Yes.
Was it fairly insensitive? Yes.
Did I *snerk* anyhow? Yes.

Like most here, I've had to put down my boy (13 years ago last week). I miss him all the time and he still finds his way into many of my dreams all this time later. He was such a good and faithful boy.
I still snerked at the irreverent comment. That doesn't make me un-miss him or un-love him or un-want-him-back one bit, and doesn't make me some kind of heartless "broad" either.


There's the whole of it, right there^. Some of us don't live in a place where you have any choice about how things get done.
For my boy, it had to be the needle. So I sat on the tile floor in the vet's exam room with my Buddy in my lap...his poor body full of tumors and every painful bad thing you can imagine from them. He exhaled his last breath and slipped away in my arms while I sobbed like a baby and watched those milky brown eyes close forever.



True enough.

All of that to say, yeah...I *snerked* anyhow.

my voice the last thing they hear'd..........I made gawd**m'd sure of it..........could'a pour'd me 'cross the floor.....

They're all......HERE......they ain't in'a ground, an' when my time comes, IF I survive'em......I fully intend ta be mix'd in with'em.....

I'm REAL close ta each/ever 1 o' mine........I'd do prison time over'em.......

 

[Que]

It's just the Internet, right? After all, we don't want to step on the right of anyone to be dark, insentitive, and obtuse, I'm the name of getting a snerk. No PC here, so carry on.

 

[JetGirl]

It's just the Internet, right?

Finally...something we agree on.

 

[Que]

Finally...something we agree on.

 

[bradmedic04]

 

[John Galt]

Back on topic, I CC at my business and all of my employees know it. Several weeks ago, one of my employees started asking the right, serious types of questions and I did everything I could to encourage him to do things the right way; educate yourself, learn and accept the responsibilities associated with firearms and carrying them, train and educate yourself.
He now carries at work and has the ability to better defend his family.

 

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

Good job! OC has it's benefits. I'm glad to know your vet and his daughter got some training and a gun. It's a twofer!!!

 

[Double T]

Political correctness is killing this country. I laughed. I have 3 dogs. One of which may need to be put down soon. I honestly am considering doing it myself. She was my first dog, and I honestly can't see myself walking in someplace with her, and not walking out. Unless that place is in the woods in her final resting place.

Sometimes, people who see the gnarliest **** crack a joke. humor is one of life's responses to shock and grief, don't simply push it aside. Everyone copes with loss differently.

 

[cbhausen]

As the OP my post had not one ****ing thing to do with euthanasia. It was about adding someone I've known, someone I'm close to because I trust him with our precious pets, someone who both knows with the utmost compassion how to preserve and end life, to the responsible gun owner community. Anything off-topic is just that: off-topic. Take it to the break room or stuff it.

 

[Thor]

Congratulations on getting a convert...or an awakening I guess. Too many folks just don't even know what our history is all about so the constitution and BOR is as unimportant to them as it is to the current shredder in chief.

As to the rest...say it with flowers? He put together vet and firearms, nothing personal I'm sure.

 

[cbhausen]

My avatar was here way before I OC'd into our pet doctor's office. If you're going to judge everyone on here by their avatar you've got a LOT of work to do.

 

[Thor]

Not judging at all.

 

[cbhausen]

10-4. But I'll admit it: this thread is really pissing me off.