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Message: [QUOTE="Fishy, post: 5286619, member: 38"] Even though we’ve bred them to the point where they barely recognize where they started, cats and dogs retain some instincts and part of that relates to the need to outwardly show that all is well. A pet owner has a responsibility, no matter how hard it is, to make sure their pet isn’t suffering - a very sick dog will still wag its tail to the last moment. I had to take my mother’s 19 year old(!) Havanese to be put to sleep in December. It was critically ill - maybe hours to days left - and she was still trying to wag her tail at the vet and his staff. There was an excellent article in, I think, the New Yorker about it. Was an eye opener for me. [/QUOTE]