09-09-2012, 11:13 AM
Children can sometimes take your breath away:
A veterinarian recently reported in his blog that he had to put a dog "to sleep" as it was suffering from terminal cancer. Concerned that the six-year-old owner might not fully appreciate what was happening, he asked the boy if he understood why dogs don't live as long as humans. The boy replied:
"People are born so that they can learn how to live a good life - like loving everybody all the time and being nice, right?".
Then he continued:
"Well, dogs already know how to do that, so they don't have to stay as long".
A veterinarian recently reported in his blog that he had to put a dog "to sleep" as it was suffering from terminal cancer. Concerned that the six-year-old owner might not fully appreciate what was happening, he asked the boy if he understood why dogs don't live as long as humans. The boy replied:
"People are born so that they can learn how to live a good life - like loving everybody all the time and being nice, right?".
Then he continued:
"Well, dogs already know how to do that, so they don't have to stay as long".