We had a very loving dog before who stayed with us for almost 21 years and was even older than our youngest daughter. Although even at such an old age, it had never showed any signs that it was getting weak or had something inside it's belly that hurt so much. Until one night we heard soft ailing cries that seemed coming from where our dog was located. It was almost past 2 in the morning when I stood up and went downstairs to check. There I saw at the far corner of our house our dog lying sideways as if in extreme pain. When I massaged it's back the sound became more louder and intense as if the dog was telling me to back off because it hurts so much. That's the time I became worried and decided to visit our veterinarian early in the morning. The dog was howling in pain when I carried it towards the back of our car. So I had to improvised a sort of sack cloth bed to easily carry it without hurting the affected part. When we arrived at the clinic, it was the doctor's assistant who gently carried the dog and laid it on top of the operating table. After a few hours of diagnosis, the sad news came from our vet that our beloved dog was suffering from an acute tumor inside it's intestine. This answered why our dog was in extreme pain at that time. And what's more sad was that the only solution to relieve the dog from the continuous pain was by Euthanasia or mercy killing. I was informed that the dog would be subjected to a painless injection that would instantly stop it's heart's beating then after that they will be the one's to bury it's lifeless body at a particular cemetery for the animals. That's after I've finally agreed to continue with the process of Euthanizing.

It was the hardest moment of my life to make such a decision since my family really loved that dog. But what could we do if it would keep on crying in pain every night. It would just prolong the dog's agony if I wouldn't allow the procedure. Although the doctor said he could prevent using the mercy killing method for our dog and just prescribe pain relieving meds instead. However, pain relievers don't actually permanently remove the pain caused by the enlarging tumor and would even aggravate the dog's painful condition. So finally even with a heavy heart, I bid our dog my last goodbye and went out of the clinic full of tears.

I've accepted the fact that even how much we loved these animals, there will be a time when they will have to leave us. So a word of advise people, never be too attached to our pets to avoid being so desperate when it's their time to finally depart from us.

In your case, how would you decide and accept it? If it's your pet, would you just give it pain relievers until such time it dies or just allow mercy killing? Thanks for your shared opinions on this people.

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