[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: GSD faces euthanazia due to owner's death
- From: Fran Henry <fhenry1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: proudk911@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 18:39:02 -0700
I’m sitting here bawling after reading your post. I’m 75 and just had a
lobe of my lung removed. I have a 5-year-old Boss granddaughter and LeRoy great
granddaughter who is my heart. We read each other’s minds.
I hate the assumption that a GSD will automatically “bond” with another
family. My girl is a complex, nuanced being — my will lists my daughter, a dear
friend, and Weeping Willow but — how can I be sure that they will love her as I
do, and that she will not end up in a shelter?
If I choose euthanasia by her known, trusted and compassionate vet
instead of thrusting her into the unknown, hoping that fate will be kind . . .
am I being a worthy steward? I have held in my arms all my dogs who had to be
euthanized because of illness or infirmity — and I believe euthanization by a
confident, caring vet is not “a fate worse than death.” It is a dignified,
compassionate act if accompanied by a loving person who cradles the dog and
provides support.
The AR folks don’t want us to affirm our rights as “property owners” to
our animals. Folks, the rights of “property owners” are enshrined in the
Constitution! They tell us that we cannot be deprived of our property without
due process — as only a first example. We need to educate ourselves and, having
done so, refuse to let the ARs bully us.
Thank you, Jen, for stepping up.
Fran Henry
Home of Konigin’s My Abilene TC, CGC, THD
> On Dec 19, 2014, at 4:19 PM, Jen Proud <proudk911@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I have received more than a few private responses about this topic; and one
> repeated comment I had to put to the list, being terribly important &
> pertinent with regards to the sad & sorry situation Bela is in:
>
> "I need to change my will."
>
> There is no more timely statement!! The fact that we are sickened by reading
> this story should serve as a wake-up call or reminder for ALL of us to
> make/refresh our provisions for our pets in case of our demise before their
> own...
> I talked with a friend today about this story- I am her dog's caretaker in
> the event of her untimely demise. Today, we went and did a notarized document
> to attach to her will that emphatically states that dog is to live with ME
> and ME only if her person were gone... Declaring MY
> intent/consent/whatever(!) to care for this GSD girl if I were needed; being
> worried that my being "listed" in the will by the owner might not be enough
> "proof" by the powers that be, so that dog will NOT end up in a shelter to be
> euthed after being deemed aggressive or whatever (not aggressive, but a
> lovely, correct, stable & protective Czech working line bitch who I trust
> with my 3 month old kitties even :) and then euthanized after a traumatic
> time in doggy hell (it is for the beloved house pet and especially for
> Service Dogs as this one is)!!!! I think not if I have any say if the time
> were to come and I were needed!
> We changed things around to make it clear that I was to have dispositional
> control over this GSD from reading this story... A provision I feel all of us
> ought to make instead of allowing for euthanasia by your vet, will the
> animals TO a person you trust to make those decisions such as euthanasia in
> your absence! Part of Bela's situation was surely created by there being
> nowhere for Bela to go, nor anyone to take him to the vet's office to be seen
> off and sent for cremation!!! To designate a PERSON to collect the pets
> (property) from the deceased's residence and THEN for that person to exercise
> the wishes of the owner with regards to that property will alleviate
> (hopefully anyhow) a situation like this happening to YOUR 4 footed loved
> ones.
> A copy of that notarized statement & wishes (which DOES allow for euthanasia)
> is also going on file at her veterinarian (my boss) come Monday, so the vet
> has knowledge & understanding of the situation of the event were to arise....
> We are scared for our pets' WELFARE because of people who can't respect
> another HUMAN'S RIGHTS and this is the best we can do.
> I so hate for Bela that his story is serving as a warning to all of us, that
> people think it's just f***ing fine to disrespect the dead and their
> wishes... But they're the same ones who disrespect the living as well, the
> ones who are making it so hard for people like us to be dog owners and not
> dogs having rights and guardians, the ones who see personal freedoms as
> irregularities (to their narrow minds) that need to be quashed. They need to
> be quashed, and only pet owners like us are the ones who can do it.
> God told us (humankind) that we are to care for & lord over the beasts and
> the birds and the fishes and the things that crawl upon the earth and under
> it; which does not equate as having the same rights & responsibilities nor
> even abilities of a HUMAN in my book! Adam gave names to all the animals. If
> animals had their own rights, they would have named themselves and not been
> presented to Adam as a possible helper in the first place! (And that they
> couldn't measure up, woman was created as the compliment and partner to
> man... Only another of mankind has the same rights and mind and
> capabilities.). But then why am I debating? We're all on the same side...
> HERE anyhow!
> But feel free to use & share any of my statements in this email if it helps
> YOU to change the mind of just one other person... To help them understand
> what animal WELFARE is all about, and that it's not about animal RIGHTS!
> When I explain the "one generation & out" philosophy, the light goes on for
> everyone. But I'm out there promoting buying responsibly bred pets every day
> I work and most days I don't so maybe I'm just a little extra upset at this
> story, and hoping my foresight will save my dogs any more suffering atop the
> loss of me because of it, and hopefully many many others.
> Thanks for sharing the news clip to bring all of this to our attention (Candy
> Z I do believe- so TY). I so wish I could post my opinions on my business's
> FB page/website cuz they'd be there then too... But I can,
> SPREAD THE WORD FOLKS. it's just how PetA & HSUS does it... We all know word
> of mouth travels like wildfire. May as make the news useful instead of fluff!
>
> Perhaps we need an email address of that shelter where Bela is being held
> hostage at and do a mass email campaign as HSUS is so very fond of using to
> get their way...
> I will draft it and send to the list for everyone to use if someone, anyone,
> could get the contact email. I never thought I'd say "let's do what we can to
> get this dog euthanized by Christmas" before, but to know the joyful reunion
> will then happen at the bridge where Bela was supposed to be last month.
> Connie Lay is still there, looking, waiting, wondering why Bela is delayed
> from their joyful reunion, waiting to cross the bridge with him at her heel...
>
> Jen P & her Pack tearful and heart wrenched for both Connie & Bela
>
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