Euthanasia means intentionally ending of life to relieve pain and suffering. An action that can be carried out only on animals in Malaysia. Try that on a human, intentionally or unintentionally, it is a crime, murder.
For the past 2 weeks, me and my family were put on a test of going through death of our beloved pets. Not natural death but euthanasia. We were torn between to keep them alive and treat them with whatever we can or to put them to sleep, to relieve their sufferings.
BabyCoke is a dashund and Stuart is a mongrel.
Both have been a very good companion, friend and "personal bodyguard" to us.
Part of our family.
Their playfulness, loyalty, manja-ness, alertness and etc brought so much joy and happiness to us.
Baby had slipped vertebrae disc which lead to paralysis of both his back legs. Admitted him to an animal hospital for almost a week with no improvement but further made him depressed. He felt abandoned in the hospital i guess. Then, he had issues with bladder distention and incontinence. My sister came back and brought him home before deciding what next for him. Despite his disabilities, he still dragged himself to move about and play like usual.
Stuart had weakness of all four limbs at the same time with baby and progressively worsen over the months. His front legs slowly appeared to deform a little over time. On top of that, his sudden increase of appetite (after 7 years of poor appetite), he gained weight. Till he dislocated his left elbow and had pain. He sat at the same spot and sleep at the same spot throughout the day. He needs a lot of strength to stand and walk to the toilet. So he wet himself at the same spot, if not he retain his urine. Despite his inability to move much, he still guard the house well by barking and looking around, trying to move to the source of voice and follow us around.
I sent Stuart off today myself. I guess he knew something was not right too. I was sobbing throughout the journey to the vet. He tried to lick me and looked at me. He trusted me when i put him on the table and pet him through the procedure. Difference of 18 days, we lost both of our beloved dogs. We suspected some sort of viral infection going on in them on top of old age. May both of them rest in peace.
In loving memory of Baby and Stuart
Dear God, please keep both of them with you. They have been a very good and loyal companion to all of us. Please lift their pain and sufferings and keep them safe with you. Thank you.
