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Your Pet's LIFE is in your hands!!!
How it saddens me to even feel the need to post this comment. I continue to see posts on this forum from those who are allowing their beloved pet to suffer horrendous pain in order to keep them with them.
Please! Please! Know that YOU hold your pet's life in your hands. When you take a pet into your heart and home your are taking a helpless creature and allowing it to depend COMPLETELY on YOU for it's life...Good or Bad.
I would think anyone who is posting here loves their pet as if it were a child...and in a way it is. We are their parents, Caregivers, Guardians. This responsibility cannot be taken lightly just because they are not human.
When and if you see your pet in pain, or observe ANY kind of outward signs of sores, lesions, hair loss, etc. --Please view it as if it were your one year old child. When we look at it this way we will NEVER make the mistake of allowing a condition to continue to deteriorate until the pet is in so very much pain we are actually torturing it.
I know no one here would ever torture an animal , I believe we all have a profound reverence for all God's creatures. However we sometimes allow are own needs to cloud our thinking. We want so badly for our beloved pet to remain with us, we sometimes overlook the fact that OUR own selfishness is preventing our beloved pet from living a "good quality" life.
Please do not think I am lecturing ! We all make mistakes and I certainly have made mine. It just is beyond me why we are privy to some of the stories, photos, and cluelessness of some people. It is just COMMON SENSE (,age is no excuse, those very young have guardians) to SEE your Pet . Observe their behavior, question a condition, and resolve a wound issue. Please open your eyes and allow you pet to speak to you, and then do what is best for THEM not you. Come here the minute something seems OFF , Your questions are all important.
If you have read this far, I thank you for listening to my musings. I sincerely hope my views do not offend anyone, they are only MY views. It just breaks my heart to read some of these comments...but it is also important that questions keep being asked so no one feels alone in their attempt to provide for the healthy welfare of their pet's.
Wishing all of our Pet's and Pet parents a healthy, loving LIFE!
CML
Please! Please! Know that YOU hold your pet's life in your hands. When you take a pet into your heart and home your are taking a helpless creature and allowing it to depend COMPLETELY on YOU for it's life...Good or Bad.
I would think anyone who is posting here loves their pet as if it were a child...and in a way it is. We are their parents, Caregivers, Guardians. This responsibility cannot be taken lightly just because they are not human.
When and if you see your pet in pain, or observe ANY kind of outward signs of sores, lesions, hair loss, etc. --Please view it as if it were your one year old child. When we look at it this way we will NEVER make the mistake of allowing a condition to continue to deteriorate until the pet is in so very much pain we are actually torturing it.
I know no one here would ever torture an animal , I believe we all have a profound reverence for all God's creatures. However we sometimes allow are own needs to cloud our thinking. We want so badly for our beloved pet to remain with us, we sometimes overlook the fact that OUR own selfishness is preventing our beloved pet from living a "good quality" life.
Please do not think I am lecturing ! We all make mistakes and I certainly have made mine. It just is beyond me why we are privy to some of the stories, photos, and cluelessness of some people. It is just COMMON SENSE (,age is no excuse, those very young have guardians) to SEE your Pet . Observe their behavior, question a condition, and resolve a wound issue. Please open your eyes and allow you pet to speak to you, and then do what is best for THEM not you. Come here the minute something seems OFF , Your questions are all important.
If you have read this far, I thank you for listening to my musings. I sincerely hope my views do not offend anyone, they are only MY views. It just breaks my heart to read some of these comments...but it is also important that questions keep being asked so no one feels alone in their attempt to provide for the healthy welfare of their pet's.
Wishing all of our Pet's and Pet parents a healthy, loving LIFE!
CML
You are so right Apple. I forget sometimes people are just being good Samaritans and did not take on this responsibility by choice.
....and I know veterinary care is expensive.
I am speaking about those who have had their beloved cat for years, and
will not go to the vet EVEN for an emergency. They will come here and ask us what to do, only to be referred to a Vet. Do they ever get to one???? In many cases I do not think so.
Ya know when I was growing up we did not have a lot. My father died when I was 6 and it was really tough for me and my mom. We loved animals and were always taking care of strays and had several of our own house cats, never more than one at a time.....maybe because we knew we could not afford caring for more than one. No matter how little money we had if our pet was visibly sick we took them to emergency or a vet we knew. Many times making payments overs months. Vets will work with you.
I mean you at least TRY to make your pet better, right?
If we could find a way others can do the same . I think it is the way you are raised though. I mean my mom made me very aware of "responsibility".
Sometimes when a young person sends in a comment about how sick or injured their cat is, I wonder where is the accountability. Surely they have parents, were they ever taught about being responsible???
I just wonder sometimes. There are also plenty of people out there who can afford pet care but just do not make it a priority.
Good observation, Applebar., thanks for posting it!
CML
....and I know veterinary care is expensive.
I am speaking about those who have had their beloved cat for years, and
will not go to the vet EVEN for an emergency. They will come here and ask us what to do, only to be referred to a Vet. Do they ever get to one???? In many cases I do not think so.
Ya know when I was growing up we did not have a lot. My father died when I was 6 and it was really tough for me and my mom. We loved animals and were always taking care of strays and had several of our own house cats, never more than one at a time.....maybe because we knew we could not afford caring for more than one. No matter how little money we had if our pet was visibly sick we took them to emergency or a vet we knew. Many times making payments overs months. Vets will work with you.
I mean you at least TRY to make your pet better, right?
If we could find a way others can do the same . I think it is the way you are raised though. I mean my mom made me very aware of "responsibility".
Sometimes when a young person sends in a comment about how sick or injured their cat is, I wonder where is the accountability. Surely they have parents, were they ever taught about being responsible???
I just wonder sometimes. There are also plenty of people out there who can afford pet care but just do not make it a priority.
Good observation, Applebar., thanks for posting it!
CML
Sometimes you dont adopt a cat - a cat adopts you and you simply cannot find a better place to him/her.You be gladly give it a better home - if there was one available...
I agree with you 100%!!!
I also feel very strongly about not adopting a cat if you don't have the resources to pay for their care.
I also feel very strongly about not adopting a cat if you don't have the resources to pay for their care.
Great points. I think it's tough, as vet care can be just SO expensive, and I don't think a lot of people necessarily are comfortable going the humane society route for fear of losing their pets. It's definitely a tough spot to be in, and I agree with you 100% that the responsibility of a pet owner goes beyond just feeding it and sheltering it. You have to be ready to make tough decisions, and have to be willing to do what it takes to address any issues that arise.
Blessings to all who find themselves in impossible situations.
Blessings to all who find themselves in impossible situations.
We are a resource here about cats, HOWEVER, your vet is your best resource for kitties who are sick or injured.
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