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Posted: 4/30/2024 12:32:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ZW17: If you chose to put down your dog after that incident, that’s 100% your choice. You know your dog better than anyone else. If the purpose is there, and it’s not some kind of thrill kill, who am I to judge your decision? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ZW17: Originally Posted By BuckeyeRifleman: Years ago I was having a few friends over to my new property to help me clean up the place. My GSD was outside. He met most of the guys who showed up with me present and was cool with everyone. Well one dude showed up late that the dog didn’t know. He walked down the driveway unannounced while I was in the back yard. The dog sees a strange man walking down the driveway and does what he was bred to do. Being in a new unfamiliar home and with a newborn inside certainly heightened his protective instincts. He ran up to “the intruder”, barking in his face and nipped him. Not breaking the skin, but certainly letting him know what was up. Was this unacceptably aggressive? Yup. It was also 100% my fault. A) I failed fo control my dog and B) I failed to socialize him properly. I apologized profusely, and thankfully my friend was cool about it. With some added training and socialization that dog has been the best dog I’ve ever had in my life. The vet says he is the best behaved shepherd they have seen. He is amazing with my now 4 yo. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/68059/IMG_7340_jpeg-3201560.JPG But apparently I should’ve just taken him out back and shot him because I failed as an owner. Guess I’m just not “country” enough. If you chose to put down your dog after that incident, that’s 100% your choice. You know your dog better than anyone else. If the purpose is there, and it’s not some kind of thrill kill, who am I to judge your decision? Seems like the dog did his job. Why else have a GSD if not for protection? |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 12:56:11 PM EDT
[Last Edit: timeless]
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yeah it would be extremely hard for me to put my dog down.
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Posted: 4/30/2024 1:23:38 PM EDT
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I have had to do it. It sucks and is absolutely heart breaking
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Posted: 4/30/2024 1:27:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Lungbuster: There’s |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 1:09:58 PM EDT
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Instead of making my own thread about it, I'll just post here: I put down my dog this morning
 it was horrible. 0/10. Would not recommend. My last dog was handled by my dad. This time it was my turn. Fuck man. |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 1:28:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RayFromJersey: Instead of making my own thread about it, I'll just post here: I put down my dog this morning it was horrible. 0/10. Would not recommend. My last dog was handled by my dad. This time it was my turn. Fuck man. |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 1:39:33 PM EDT
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I'm more worried about some maniac murdering me because his/her dog got loose and I ran it over.
Killing the dog/cat/goose isn't really on my concern list except for people overreacting. It has sucked every time I've had to put a pet down but they're a pet not a person. Hell, the dog catcher ran over my cat when I was a kid whilst heading to a house with a bad news dog. Shit happens. |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 1:52:26 PM EDT
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Back in the late 80's, while I was helping my girlfriend's family move, I heard a gunshot around back of the house.
The father had killed the family dog because their lease didn't allow pets. |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 2:12:51 PM EDT
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I had my first pet (dog) at 8 , then a year later we had to put her down -due to rabid. My two other dogs died soon after, for unknown reason- found them out in the field , and I buried them myself right there.
Part of living a Human life is, I allow myself to feel joy and pain, as well as happiness and sorrow. Sometimes you have to do what is necessary, however. After all this is Earth with all the beauty mixed in with countless cruelty in this so-called Life. |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 2:21:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ARandomClaymore: No. None what-so-ever. There are millions of "pets". Just go get another one. Rinse and repeat. If it's horrifying, consider no being a "pet" owner. Problem solved. Stays solved. This. It's a bit sad that some people don't have strong enough relationships with other humans to not understand how trivial an animal's life is. I didn't want my little dog to get sick and old but it's nature and I don't like seeing suffering. I had kids by that time and that clarity of just how much more love I felt for them over any animal made it easier. |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 4:50:34 PM EDT
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Horrified? No...
Saddened? yes. Sometimes you have to do the needful as an act of mercy... |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 5:14:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RayFromJersey: Instead of making my own thread about it, I'll just post here: I put down my dog this morning it was horrible. 0/10. Would not recommend. My last dog was handled by my dad. This time it was my turn. Fuck man.BTDT. It sucks. |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 5:23:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By borat: Horrified ? My stupid fucking pets are the least of my concerns or some fucking animal somewhere. Country is going to shit. I could give a shit about our pet cat or the birds. I’m more worried about my kids growing up in this socialist democracy once known as the United States. This right here. I have no qualm with what Kristi Noem did. It was a work animal and it wasn’t doing what was needed. Animals are not people, even Lucky, your family dog is not that important. I care more about where this country is headed. |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 5:30:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BooJangles: I think it says a lot about someone with regards to how they treat animals. We have plenty of p psychopaths on this site that out themselves when topics like this come up. Harvesting an animal for food is fine as long as it's quick and the animal doesn't suffer. Shooting your dog because it ruined a hunt is mental illness If I’m not mistaken she said the dog ruined multiple hunts and was aggressive toward her children. Putting it down doesn’t seem like mental illness to me. |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 5:34:37 PM EDT
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First one was a husky that got a brain tumor. One of his eyes rolled back in his head and he started walking in circles. One morning I realized I had not seen him sleep in a couple of days for walking in circles. The second was an Akita that also had cancer. She had just had abdominal surgery and then her stomach knotted on her.
I held both of them while the vet put them to sleep. Faced with the same decision, I would do it again too. The whole "The dog was untrainable" shit... That's just some beta bitch pretending to be strong/tough. |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 5:40:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Crazyascanbe: I called to have my dog put down and the vet came to my house and did it. I hate I had to do it. Its been over 9 years and I hate it still My 15 year-old pooch is going downhill fast. I think that day I have to put her down is approaching and I'm really not looking forward to it.
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Posted: 5/6/2024 6:50:45 AM EDT
[Last Edit: RayFromJersey]
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Day 2 of being without my sweetheart pup. The wife and I cried ourselves to sleep last night. 13 years of daily routines involving our girl is already proving hard to change.
Today I'll be home alone for most of the day, and I don't feel like doing anything except sitting on the couch and staring at the ceiling. I lost my brother a few years back to drugs. That sucked, but boy does this feel worse for some odd reason. Maybe because my brother made his bed, while our dog was purely innocent and relied on us? I dunno. Shit hurts either way. |
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