Re: Re: [Chat] I'm Sad/ Why dogs have short lives

Oh- thank you for sending this.  My sister called tonight, and tomorrow 
they are having their down euthanized.  he has cancer that has spread 
and he is quite ill.  She has 2 little girls who are upset about this- I 
think this story will  help everyone.

Theresa

TeichFlora@aol.com wrote:

>Why dogs do not live as long as people...
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>>>Being a veterinarian, I had been called to examine a ten-year-old  Irish
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>>>Wolfhound named Belker. The dog's owners, Ron, his wife,  Lisa, and
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>their 
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>>>little boy, Shane, were all very attached to  Belker and they were
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>hoping 
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>>>for a  miracle.
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>>>I examined Belker and found he was dying of  cancer. I told the family 
>>>there were no miracles left for Belker,  and offered to perform the 
>>>euthanasia procedure for the old dog in  their home.
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>>>As we made arrangements, Ron and Lisa told me  they thought it would be 
>>>good for the four-year-old Shane to observe  the procedure. They felt
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>Shane 
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>>>could learn something from the  experience.
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>>>The next day, I felt the familiar catch in my  throat as Belker's family
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>>>surrounded him. Shane seemed so calm,  petting the old dog for the last 
>>>time that I wondered if he  understood what was going on. Within a few 
>>>minutes, Belker slipped  peacefully away. The little boy seemed to
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>accept 
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>>>Belker's  transition without any difficulty or confusion.
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>>>We sat  together for a while after Belker's death, wondering aloud  about
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>>>the sad fact that animal lives are shorter than human  lives.
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>>>Shane, who had been listening quietly, piped up,  "I know why."
>>>Startled, we all turned to him. What came out of his  mouth next stunned
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>>>me. I'd never heard a more comforting  explanation.
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>>>He said, "Everybody is born so that they can  learn how to live a good
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>life 
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>>>like loving everybody and being  nice, right?" The four-year-old
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>continued, 
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>>>"Well, animals already  know how to do that, so they don't have to stay
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>>>long."
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>In a message dated 9/6/2005 8:46:06 PM Central Standard Time,  
>gardenchat-owner@hort.net writes:
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>I don't  understand why
>dogs have to have such short life spans  compared to us. 
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