This week will be the last week for the dog I have had for the past 13 years. Due to some cancer in her mouth she is in pain when she eats, drinks etc.. and I have to look past the good moments that she has and do the right thing. The morbid thing about this is that I know it is going to happen but the dog has no clue. She doesn't know that today is her last Monday but I do.
I had thought about getting her stuffed but she is kinda ugly now and could only be displayed on Halloween. That wouldn't be exactly a bad thing but I don't want to explain to the neighbors why I have a stuffed dog in the garage with all of the holiday decorations. What do others in SOJOCO do with their dead animals? I have heard tales of people with pet urns over their fire place, burial plots at the cemetery next to the family and my personal favorite is saving the pet DNA to have it cloned.
Don't feel bad for me, my dog has lived longer and had a better quality of life than those of you that read this blog in KCK & East KCMO. She was not subject to a failing educational system, she was never shot at and her garbage was always picked up. Then again I think most dogs in JOCO have better lives than East Siders.
