0n (12 Sep 06) George Pope wrote to Cindy Haglund...

 GP> On (11 Sep 06) Cindy Haglund wrote to all...
 CH> My sister wrote that (while others said they couldn't find anything
 CH> wrong with him).... the vet said Yogi had cancer throughout his body
 CH> and recommended him be put to sleep...
 GP>  CH>
 GP>  CH>
 CH> I can't help but wonder why the hell they didn't discover this sooner...

 GP> As with human cancer, the money/profit is in TREATMENT, not definitive
 GP> responses to the condition (putting the dog down only gives a one-time
 GP> shot of cash to the vet and nevermore again)

 I share your view George with a slight bent toward 'they do it
because they can.'. So it's up to us the consumers to watch our own
wallets.

It cost 200 bucks at the animal emergency room last week- they said 'there's
nothing wrong'... Sent dog home with tummy medicine.

9/11 and yep it was that- my sister rushed him back to the clinic
where he was in critical condition *(3k!) and wanted to operate
(10K). Intestinal bleeding had filled his lungs and an eye... A vet
then determined the problem was stomach cancer and recommended putting
him to sleep. Of course that was the only way to go. Not just for the
money but to put his poor long time ailing pet out of his misery. He's
been sick with 'sour stomach' for years. No matter how carefully  my
sister monitored his diet, he'd get sick from time to time.

I worry my Shih Tzu, who has a delicate stomach as well,
might be on that path too. I hope not. But if he is we'll know what to
do ahead of time, because vets won't always help you make the big E
decision, until AFTER they clean your wallet out. Depends on the vet of
course. But bottom line 'Buyer beware' never meant more than it does
today.

This brings me to another troubling topic.

When people say: "It's ONLY a dog" I want to scream! What does that
mean? ONLY ?? ONLY??????? ONLY?

This really gets me boiling.

Human beings in general seem to think they value all life, but theirs
is the most valuable.....

BUT then, what do they do with that human life? While
""mere"" as it
were, pets are granted mercy when they are dying- humans require
special documentation to a be allowed the same dignity!

I realize this is to avoid hanky panky but then again it seems absurd!
You have to be put on a machine to keep you going until even that
fails? Even against your will? Why? Is that valuing life? I don't
think so! It's torturing the hell out of it.

I read somewhere and I know you'll correct me and that is okay: but
there are SOME people who think Humans are MEANT to suffer because
suffering is what earns you a place in heaven.

This is b.s. to me.... but um the view is there.

And "explains" why  some people afford dignity in dying to
that which we regard as 'inferior' but not to our fellows.

strange.

Cindy

... If wishes were money, beggars would be choosers.

--- PPoint 3.01