O.K. Here is the story. Got another friend and her husband is in Iraq, has a 18 month old and one on the way. She owns 2 great danes. Older male and a 2 year old female.
She has been telling me that her 6 year old male, Blade is suffering with hip problems. Won't let the toddler bounce around on him any more. Is in lots of pain all the time. So she asked while my husband is home before he leaves for Iraq if he would put him down to end his suffering. So my husband agrees. She brings him out yesterday. He jumps out of the truck, does what all male dogs do best, does his little spin out, gets up, lays down, rolled over. No signs of hip trouble. So I'm thinking well maybe this is one of the good days she is talking about so I didn't say a word.
She cries when she goes to leave and after about 2 hours of watching him move around, he was fine. She starts to leave and I ask her to give him to me and I'll take him to the vet and find out what is going on with the hip. She tells me no, she wants him put down. So I told her that his problem might be staying kenneled up in the house all night in a crate and then having a toddler bounce off of him most of the day might be his problem. No! she says put him down. So I didn't say anything else.
I come in the house with the dog so she can leave. I look at my husband and he said before you can say a word I'm not putting him down. So in her defense I say, lets wait and see. If he is having this much trouble moving around we will see it.
This morning he is just as fine as yesterday. No trouble at all. This dog is wonderful, very loving and sweet. I would have never give up on him and would have taken him to the vet even if I had to eat beans all week for it.
I plan to take him in the a.m. and see what my vet thinks. I'm just not seeing all this suffering she is talking about. He is just as normal as any dog.
Do I tell her my plans? I strongly believe she will come back and get him and find someone else to put him down because she wouldn't even think about giving him to anyone, she just wants him put down.
I thought about calling a dane rescue and letting them take him and Randy said just not to tell her anything because she doesn't care if he even lives, why would she care about finding another home. I offered to find him another home and take him in myself and she said no, she wanted him put down. Every other ideal I came up with on him that was her answer.
What would you do?
She has been telling me that her 6 year old male, Blade is suffering with hip problems. Won't let the toddler bounce around on him any more. Is in lots of pain all the time. So she asked while my husband is home before he leaves for Iraq if he would put him down to end his suffering. So my husband agrees. She brings him out yesterday. He jumps out of the truck, does what all male dogs do best, does his little spin out, gets up, lays down, rolled over. No signs of hip trouble. So I'm thinking well maybe this is one of the good days she is talking about so I didn't say a word.
She cries when she goes to leave and after about 2 hours of watching him move around, he was fine. She starts to leave and I ask her to give him to me and I'll take him to the vet and find out what is going on with the hip. She tells me no, she wants him put down. So I told her that his problem might be staying kenneled up in the house all night in a crate and then having a toddler bounce off of him most of the day might be his problem. No! she says put him down. So I didn't say anything else.
I come in the house with the dog so she can leave. I look at my husband and he said before you can say a word I'm not putting him down. So in her defense I say, lets wait and see. If he is having this much trouble moving around we will see it.
This morning he is just as fine as yesterday. No trouble at all. This dog is wonderful, very loving and sweet. I would have never give up on him and would have taken him to the vet even if I had to eat beans all week for it.
I plan to take him in the a.m. and see what my vet thinks. I'm just not seeing all this suffering she is talking about. He is just as normal as any dog.
Do I tell her my plans? I strongly believe she will come back and get him and find someone else to put him down because she wouldn't even think about giving him to anyone, she just wants him put down.
I thought about calling a dane rescue and letting them take him and Randy said just not to tell her anything because she doesn't care if he even lives, why would she care about finding another home. I offered to find him another home and take him in myself and she said no, she wanted him put down. Every other ideal I came up with on him that was her answer.
What would you do?
