Molly's hip has been bothering her alot lately and it bothered her to the point that she collapsed in my front yard the other night. I helped her back into the house and up on the bed like I would do for any other beloved family member when they are hurting like that.
Someone's know it all, pain in the ass Aunt came over the other day to pick up a couple of bags of clothes intended for Goodwill the other morning. For purposes of this blog, this Aunt shall be known as Kia Pita (know it all, pain in the ass). Molly came strolling into the living room to greet her and I was telling Kia Pita how bad Molly's hip had been bothering her and Kia Pita immediately starts telling me that I should have her put down and put her out of her misery. She repeated this two or three times.
Kia Pita is not a dog person, would love for nothing more in this world than for me to get rid of my dog, and to never get another one. This whole conversation really pissed me off, I told Kia Pita it wasn't happening just because her hip bothered her from time to time and her "visit" became greatly abbreviated after that. If Arthritis and failed body parts were a criteria for putting someone down, we would have put Kia Pita down ten years ago.
The "moral" of this story is that a non-dog person does not tell/suggest to a dog lover/owner that he needs to put his dog to sleep unless it is an extreme case of physical distress where the animal is really suffering. I'll be the first to admit that no dog lover/owner wants to hear it even then, but that is not the case now so Kia Pita can keep her opinions to herself. I should have let Molly piss on her leg and take a dump in one of her shoes.
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