I really messed up

Tallabred · #41 09/11/09, 11:19 PM

jordan, Thanks for changing your post.

lamoncha lover · #42 09/12/09, 02:09 AM

Jordan. I have to agree with you in a way. I also hate when peoples selfishness will keep their critters alive past the time that they have any quality of life. In hindsight I would have done a lot differently. there were a lot of mistakes I made ...like wrapping his leg and not being diligent about checking it. And feeling sorry for him being away fom the herd so putting him in with them for an afternnon. I thought i was doing what was best for him.Lord knows I knew the best case scenario I would be out all that money but he would have a good home. I was willing to lose that money if it meant he would be loved and be able to have a good life. A huge factor in my choices were his desire to live and his incredible spunk. It NEVER left him. In hindsite its easy to see I made some poor choices. But at the time I thought they were the right ones.
You have not offended me. Its just one of those things.

jordan · #43 09/12/09, 10:26 PM

You really cannot blame yourself for what happened to his leg. There is not a one of us here that has not made a mistake or 10 while we try what we think might help.
Spending the money you couldn't afford probably felt like something you had to do to...

I tend to get a little unreasonable about the prolonging the suffering issue and reacted too strongly here. I have family that does this sort of thing more often than I like to see and it does make me crazy when I see their pets (dogs and cats) suffering for months longer than they should because my family feels they have to try everything to hold on for a little longer because they "love" their pet so much.

The positive thing is that we can all learn from each others experiences here and you may save someone else the heartache.