The last days of Rasco…

My mom is going to put my childhood dog to sleep. She is getting very old and is not doing so well. It is always an awkward time when a family pet get sentenced to death. It can be hard to make the final decision to end them as they have established a position in the family. It would be like sentencing your grandma to death because she uncontrollably poops on the floor and has gone blind.

I wonder if they have retirement homes for pets, where she could go get doggy dialysis or perhaps some contact lenses. Then she could play bingo and make sweaters like other old people, and when we went to visit her during the holidays or the occasional Sunday we would feel guilty. You decide what is more humane, because I have no idea.

JU