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[quote=Anonymous]Tough situation.

My friend's dog is 12 and has cancer.  He has seizures all the time. Is incontinent. Is bone thin. Barely steady on his back legs. Whines and whimpers all the time. They are spending thousands on him, I know because she complains to me about the bills all the time. He will never get better from this cancer.

I made the comment "Its so hard when it gets to the end and you have to make the decision to end their suffering." Just because I had recently put my 23 year old cat to sleep when his kidneys were failing and his quality of life was spiraling so I completely understand. She became very angry at me and said she couldn't believe that I would suggest she murder her kids dog. I tried to calm her down but she kept going on about how her kids don't want the dog to be put down and shes not going to do it. Her kids are 16 and 18 (off to college next week). She hung up on me and then wrote an ugly text about if I'm not going to be supportive of her then how can I be her friend. Way way over the top reaction.

A few hours later her husband calls me and tells me he has wanted to put the dog down since his diagnosis. The dog is really his "buddy" and he is the one that takes care of him and its breaking his heart to see him suffer but his wife is insisting they treat him. That the kids will be upset if they put him down. Husband said the kids barely acknowledge the dog. He asked if I could please try to talk some sense into his wife.

Talk about being put in the middle. I am sure she will calm down and we'll talk soon but now that I know this is a point of contention in her house I don't want to touch it with a 10 foot pole. My DH who is friends with her DH thinks that I should try to gently talk some sense in to her.

Help me here. I don't know what to do.[/quote]

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