[morethanpretty]

Bro-in-law put their dog, Lexie, down today. She was about 8. They adopted her last year from a humane society and found out about a month later she had an enlarged heart and congenital heart failure (the humane society knew but did not tell them). Anyway, she's been goin downhill pretty fast for a couple of weeks and he finally agreed it was time. It was a sad morning, and a sad homecoming. I'm leaving Della at my parent's this weekend because I have to work and I don't want him to be reminded by her what he's lost. I think it would just be insensitive to have her around right now. He is, understandably, very upset. My sis is less so, when they found out the dog was sick, her coping mechanism was to not get attached, and she's the type of person who can be kinda cold like that. I can't blame her though, it is hard to get attached to a dog that's not very affectionate (this one wasn't) and has health issues that you know are just gonna cause you pain when it dies.
My sis says they will never get another dog, or pet, but my bro-in-law is a pet person and they can't have kids, so I think eventually she'll give in. I just hope they get something younger and are more careful about who they adopt from.
It still really pisses me off that that particular humane society assured them that they'd had it all checked out that it was no longer having a heart problem when it obviously was.