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[RC] Euthanizing an old horse - Kristi Schaaf

Kat said:
 If you ask me, waiting for abject misery before deciding that it is the right
time to put a horse down is the equivalent of torturing a horse before you have
the decency to kill it.
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Ay ay on that. I just HATE to see any elderly or sick animal forced to live a dragged-out miserable existence because an owner can't let go and keeps 'hoping' that it will get better. A wise vet once told me something that is now my MANTRA when it comes to my beloved animals. She said "It's much kinder to euthanize a week too soon than an hour too late".
 
Kristi