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Mar. 12th, 2013 05:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
estelracaPeople who can't take care of their animals should not be allowed to have children.
It is not my job to explain death to your children. If you try to make it my job, I will only resist telling them you killed their pet because I know that it will simply hurt them more. Because you did kill their dog. Your siblings were willing to pay for surgery to fix it after your other dogs tore it apart, but it's heartworm positive. Heartworm prevention costs $6-8/month; treatment costs $500-800. Your siblings couldn't afford surgery and treatment. It's not their fault. It's not the dog's fault. It's not my fault. It's your fault. And yet I'm the one listening to your children scream and cry and say it's not fair, Grandma just died, God isn't just, why can't they take the body home, and it's not my place to answer.
And then you have to go and cry and say you're sorry and take pictures of the dog and finally try to calm the kids and can't you even leave me my righteous anger?
I'm going to be all right. I'm going to think of all the kittens and puppies I've seen today. I'm going to think of all the animals I've helped feel better. I'm going to tell myself that at least euthanasia means your dog didn't suffer--didn't bleed to death, didn't die of heart failure.
But damn, it would be nice if people didn't put us through this.
It is not my job to explain death to your children. If you try to make it my job, I will only resist telling them you killed their pet because I know that it will simply hurt them more. Because you did kill their dog. Your siblings were willing to pay for surgery to fix it after your other dogs tore it apart, but it's heartworm positive. Heartworm prevention costs $6-8/month; treatment costs $500-800. Your siblings couldn't afford surgery and treatment. It's not their fault. It's not the dog's fault. It's not my fault. It's your fault. And yet I'm the one listening to your children scream and cry and say it's not fair, Grandma just died, God isn't just, why can't they take the body home, and it's not my place to answer.
And then you have to go and cry and say you're sorry and take pictures of the dog and finally try to calm the kids and can't you even leave me my righteous anger?
I'm going to be all right. I'm going to think of all the kittens and puppies I've seen today. I'm going to think of all the animals I've helped feel better. I'm going to tell myself that at least euthanasia means your dog didn't suffer--didn't bleed to death, didn't die of heart failure.
But damn, it would be nice if people didn't put us through this.
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Date: 2013-03-13 05:00 am (UTC)*huggles*
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Date: 2013-03-16 12:28 am (UTC)Thanks for the hugs! I hope that life's starting to treat you a little better.
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Date: 2013-03-16 02:54 am (UTC)As for benevolent forces...well, if you're helping animals, then you are one such.