12-28-2009, 03:54 PM
No one from PETA, or who donates to PETA (me) would criticize you for being inhumane when you are, in fact, trying to handle this as humanely as possible. I admit PETA goes to extremes sometimes, but when you have people like Michael Vick running around and getting paid millions to do so, you are going to get an equal an opposite reaction on the side of caring for animals.
My beautiful boy, Ben (who you can see in the foreground here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/punaguy/2134602580/)is 13 1/2 and is showing some signs of age now. He tires on long walks and falls down once or twice a day. He cannot get up from the tile floor on his own, so I have to put ugly throw rugs everywhere so he can get traction, and he has begun having accidents, which are humiliating to him. Worst of all for me, is he cannot climb the stares and so I have had to abandon the master bedroom and and all its comforts to sleep downstairs on an inflatable mattress so I can be near him (when I go upstairs he yelps and yelps and yelps). He is the most loyal creature I have ever known. We have been through so much together. I once left him at my dad's farm in Northern California while I went to New York. When I came back late at night, the silence in the house was too much, and so I got in the car that night, and drove 400 miles to retrieve him, instead of driving up the next day as I had intended. I love this guy and he thinks I hung the moon and festooned it with snausages. But I can see where this is going. I am hoping I will have him for a couple more years. I will know when it is enough and so do you. I will not let him suffer, cry, or yelp or be humiliated.
All we can do is give them a really great life in return for all they do for us. Sounds like you've done that. Hopefully, someone will contact you with a good humane solution. Not being on island I'm not of much help, but here is what comes to mind: 1) Contact the Hawaii Humane Society and see if they have a suggestion. 2) Contact that vet in HPP and see if he will travel within the neighborhood or nearby. 3) Contact someone on the Kona side (they have more vets). You may be able to go to an area that is near a vet, but which is not in a vet's office, if they won't come to you (a beautiful park, someone else's house in HPP, etc).
Thank you for taking such beautiful care of Max and for approaching his aloha with such tender care. There is a way, and it will find you.
My beautiful boy, Ben (who you can see in the foreground here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/punaguy/2134602580/)is 13 1/2 and is showing some signs of age now. He tires on long walks and falls down once or twice a day. He cannot get up from the tile floor on his own, so I have to put ugly throw rugs everywhere so he can get traction, and he has begun having accidents, which are humiliating to him. Worst of all for me, is he cannot climb the stares and so I have had to abandon the master bedroom and and all its comforts to sleep downstairs on an inflatable mattress so I can be near him (when I go upstairs he yelps and yelps and yelps). He is the most loyal creature I have ever known. We have been through so much together. I once left him at my dad's farm in Northern California while I went to New York. When I came back late at night, the silence in the house was too much, and so I got in the car that night, and drove 400 miles to retrieve him, instead of driving up the next day as I had intended. I love this guy and he thinks I hung the moon and festooned it with snausages. But I can see where this is going. I am hoping I will have him for a couple more years. I will know when it is enough and so do you. I will not let him suffer, cry, or yelp or be humiliated.
All we can do is give them a really great life in return for all they do for us. Sounds like you've done that. Hopefully, someone will contact you with a good humane solution. Not being on island I'm not of much help, but here is what comes to mind: 1) Contact the Hawaii Humane Society and see if they have a suggestion. 2) Contact that vet in HPP and see if he will travel within the neighborhood or nearby. 3) Contact someone on the Kona side (they have more vets). You may be able to go to an area that is near a vet, but which is not in a vet's office, if they won't come to you (a beautiful park, someone else's house in HPP, etc).
Thank you for taking such beautiful care of Max and for approaching his aloha with such tender care. There is a way, and it will find you.