Pet Dog Saves Owner’s Life
In case you have any doubts that pets can be good for humans, consider the following blurb from the June 5, 2009 issue of The Week.
Scott Seymore was debating whether to euthanize his 9-year-old bulldog, Brittney, who was dying of stomach cancer. Instead the Grand Rapids, Mich., man decided to give Brittney steroids to ease her pain in her last few weeks of life. Seymour’s decision paid off last week when his house caught fire and a barking Brittney woke him up. Both master and pet escaped safely. “She never, ever barks when I’m sleeping,” said Seymour. “She was demanding that I get up. And it saved my life.”
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That worked out great for him, but imagining how horrible stomach cancer must feel, I think the humane thing to do would be to put Britney to sleep. Unless those steroids are making her so comfortable that she’s eating and enjoying life, that is!
It must not have been Brittney’s time to go, yet. While the steroids are giving her a quality of life, she is obviously living each day to the fullest. Soon enough he will know, and she will know, when enough is enough. And he will be able to help her cross to the rainbow bridge with nothing here left undone. What a heroine in her last days with us. Definitely a life well lived. Good Dog, Brittney!