To Carrie Guppy - I'm sorry you misunerstood my post.....Gary's post about having a pet die at home and letting them go naturally, made me think of my experience with little Molly and something that Ann Davis had said to me a few weeks before Molly died (that sometimes they need to hear you say it's ok for them to go and then they will). It was not meant to criticize you for using euthanasia. Carrie, I have used euthanasia myself - more than once. And I would use it again if I had to. Yes, it is a difficult decision to make - you wonder if 1 or 2 more days might make a difference....you wonder what they're thinking....you wonder about the pain they may be in.... However, I truly believe it is worse to let an animal linger on for which there truly is no hope. Quality of life is very important. If living means having to be cleaned up several times a day because one is incontinent, if leaving means having to be forcefed several times a day because you are not willing to eat on your own, if living means just lying around in a cage waiting for your owner to force feed you or clean up your messes.....day after day.....then, is that really living? But, these are strictly my opinions, and each person and each pet are different. There are no rules when it comes to this - there is no wrong way or right way - the only way is the way in your heart - and you don't have to explain your decisions to anyone. It may be that my not commenting on some of Gary's statements led you to believe that I agreed with them, however, my real focus was on my experience with Molly. Debbie Riccio WNYFLFA Rochester, NY [Posted in FML issue 1189]