Animal 'Hospice Care' -a new approach.

[Catherine]

I just think that it is good that there are choices.

Quote:About euthanasia, I have heard it said by many that it is "better a day too early than a day too late."

Yes this is true if the animal is really suffering. It is just that there is sometimes a grey area where an animal could be kept comfortable and both pet and owner would have time to prepare and say goodbye.
It wouldn't change the loss, but sometimes you just wish you had time to say goodbye.

Most of my pets have died naturally. Lizards, snakes, guinea pigs and hamsters are fragile and they seem to go quickly. Jonathan my Bearded Dragon had a stroke. She had a couple of bad days and then she improved and we had a few good days together and then she was gone. Those few good days were very precious to us both. If I had rushed in and had her put down, we would have missed those special last days together.