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I'm going to say this, as a person that has sat right there in Renegades shoes, holding a beloved dog as she beat her last heartbeat on this earth, and more than once. I say it IS fair. That wolves would befriend man so many years ago, and it has been that way, probably far longer then any two critters to get along. And we know, from a young age, that our dogs don't live as long as us. Some of us turn away, and go do other things, and don't have time or desire to have a dog around, I feel that is their loss, but that's just my opinion.
But for the rest of us, we still invite a dog (or two, or however many) into our lives, and we accept their love, we take care of them, we love them back, we hang out, and play, and just have a life, granted, for some, a small slice of life, but still, you give some to that dog, as he gives back 100 fold. And you enjoy each other's company. You are master and dog.
But he (or she), they get old much faster then we do, and the stuff that takes decades to snuff us, can kill them in months, and we do what we can, but at some point we ask the vet, or we just know, that we are fighting a losing battle. So we steel our selves to the fight, but the point where we must do that last... favor for them, that is all that is left.
When deciding what is fair, I ask myself; "Dude, would you spare yourself and your gal, who grieves just as hard, all this sorrow, but in return, forgo having had the joy of owning Champagne, Mox, Woodstock, Blaze, Freddie, Cody, Azhia, Mox II, Hope, Milo and Layla?
And the answer is always, always "No".
So I do believe it is hard, but it is fair. But it sure is hard...