Rona
If you read my explaination above I feel as though I have put it is the nicest possibble way sometimes when people do not know about things they see it as cruel - I myself have been guilty of such. I remember when I was about 13 we had a very old dog - it was dying and mum and dad made the final decision to end her pain and had her PTS - To me - that was cruel - and I called my mum the Murderer for months afterwards - now having been in that situation myself I understand what she did was best for the dog and not for herself.

Even earlier then that 1960 We had (the first dog I can remember) a dog called Trixie - she was a border cross lovely little thing, we lived on the old A46 which is now the A1 - we did have a large secure garden - but one morning at 7.30am ish the postie called - and left the gate ajar - the dog got out and was hit by a hoveringham lorry - her injuries were horrific - I can hear that dog screaming now - Obviously a mere child I was taken indoors - it was in the days when we didn't have cars at hand, we were in the country, and vets were not so available as they are today. To cut a long story short the farmer shot the dog - to put it out of it's misery. Obviously - as - I said earlier the injuries were horrific - but as a child I could not see them - all I could see was my dog lying in the road .

I hope I have not upset anyone with this - it is not my intention I have taken it to the extreme and I know it has no relevance on this thread - just trying to demonstrate that sometimes we have to be cruel to be kind.

I am now going to take my own advice and not pot on this thread anymore.
love to you all
regards
DT

By the way Rona - don't know why I bothered quoting you - ift was initially my intention to agree with you
all the best - andpleased you hae joined the forum