ifonerememberstoturnonthelight ·
11/10/2020 02:26
Right so I rescued our neighbours dog from neglect and sadly after 2 weeks of treatment and love his condition deteriorated and he had a massive stroke so needed putting down it was awful and I felt so shitty about doing it.
My issue is..
Keith had to be put to sleep outside on the grass of the vets because of COVID. So the lovely vet hung the bag of fluid on the washing line outside the vet and Keith was laid underneath it, then the drugs injected to the iv so the vet could distance from us etc. However when it had been confirmed that he had passed away we stood up to go back to the car and it turned out that behind us literally 2 foot away was a family (mum and kids) having a picnic of Burger King on the grass in the rain at 7pm whilst the dad revved the engine of the car.
I get that cars break down and I get that kids need to eat but it was very obvious a dog was being put to sleep at the time. Id just like to ask the vet if they could have given us more privacy or asked them to move? I dnno. Maybe I'm overreacting. But it was the most surreal experience of my life having just said goodbye to a lovely dog to turn around and see a family having a picnic next to us. I mean I nearly stepped on the kid!