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Message: [QUOTE="Hunt for 7, post: 5285548, member: 12414"] Most of us who have had pets have encountered this situation. I have with a dog and a cat. My dog passed ten years ago and she was so much a part of me I really have not been able to get another dog because of her memory. I realized after our cat got sick that there just comes a time that you have to decide if it is fair to keep them alive if they have no quality of life. I stretched my dogs life out spending thousands in vet bills but her last 6 months was not the same as the 11 years she lived before that. She was a Rottweiler and just living pat 11 was a long live. My cat was a sphinx and she developed brain cancer when she was just 1.5 years old. They could have kept her alive for another year maybe but I did not want to see her suffer like my dog did in her last 6 months. So I made the decision to have her put down. Not easy but it was the right thing for her. Now I have a Bengal cat and they are almost wild. We gave her some temptations and she just could not digest them. We actually had her cut open and the vet massaged the poop out of her digestive track. She made it and now three years later is healthy and a great cat who gets more domesticated every day. It really comes down to putting the animal first. If the vet can tell you they will have a chance at a quality life do what you can. If the pet is going to suffer my opinion is that you have to do what is right for the animal and limit the suffering. Yeah it stinks I get it but if there is no chance for a full recovery, or some type of quality of life after surgery, it is better to end the suffering when you can. [/QUOTE]

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