Did something very hard today

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jeremill

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Today I was coming home from my grandmothers and noticed a dog on the side of the highway. The dog was hit by someone and in very bad shape. He was bleeding out of his mouth and had numerous exposed bones. He was not going to make it. I could not watch him suffer as he was just whinning and crying for help.......... So I killed him, I shot him with my CCW 45 and until the police showed, I held him. I know it was the right thing to do, but I do not know how to feel.. I cryed on the way home and have been in a state of depression. HOW CAN SOMEONE HIT AN ANIMAL AND LEAVE IT. I am just pissed, however comfort comes from me knowing it was the right thing to do at the time to put him out of his misery..... I do not know what breed he was as he was covered in blood and I just now can feel that it was right..... Please someone tell me that I was right!!!!!!!!!!


J
 
You were absolutely right! The cruel thing to have done would have been to allow the poor animal to continue suffering. You gave the animal peace. Well done. God bless you.
 
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I had to do it with a deer I hit last year. Broken legs, bleeding, trying to get away out of reflex but had that disoriented look in it's eyes and head roll. Somehow it's different when you do the same thing when hunting compared to putting it out of it's misery.

I also felt the same way. Even knowing you did the right thing it still feels wrong somehow. But know you did the right thing.
 
You did the right thing even though you feel crappy about it. I had to shoot a rabid raccoon once when I was 16. It was in the final stages of rabies with mouth foaming and eyes rolled back in its head and shaking. Felt bad about it for days.
 
Damn J, that was a tough one... but you DID DO THE RIGHT THING. The poor guy was suffering and in terrible pain. Thank you for stopping.
 
I have hunted my entire life, and never left an animal that I have shot. I have tracked deer for hours, with my brother, just to make sure that the animal was down.. However, it was my brothers deer, I have never hunted with a bow I am just not good enough. However, we have NEVER left an animal behind.... I am a dog LOVER and will never let any animal suffer as a Hunter it is against my principles. However, today it was just very hard for some reason. Thanks for the support, I feel much better.... I know that he is better off.. I think what really killed me is that he had the energy to lick me when I got there... before I had to do what I know was right.... God it was the hardest thing I have done to date. I will never forget his sorry eyes, they will stay with me for life........... God bless Mans best friend.....


Thanks so much you guys.

Jeremy
 
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I felt bad a few months ago when I had to stomp on a squirrel that got hit by a car:( I love killing squirrels. some times its hard to do the right thing. Some one told me one time "You will always know the right thing to do when you think about the thing that you least want to do." That has always stuck with me, although I guess if your evil it could work the wrong way:)

You did fine, get over it. I had to castrate:eek: 2 month old pigs 2 days ago, thats something you feel bad about, I would have rather killed them.
 
kungfumo said:
I felt bad a few months ago when I had to stomp on a squirrel that got hit by a car:( I love killing squirrels. some times its hard to do the right thing. Some one told me one time "You will always know the right thing to do when you think about the thing that you least want to do." That has always stuck with me, although I guess if your evil it could work the wrong way:)

You did fine, get over it. .
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Wrong answer, man.....you could have phrased it much differently.

See, what Jeremill was experiencing is the conflict, between the optomistic hope that keeps much of mankind going, fighting the good fight for another day, and the reality that death and suffering are but a finger's length away for all of G-d's earthly creatures.

I do think you did right, Jeremill, but it is totally human to consider your feelings, and sort them into the "experiences" and resultant "feelings" bins.

Kungfumo, you must be fairly young.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
If doing the right thing were always easy, a lot more folks would be doing it. ;)

You did do the right thing, and I know it was a very hard thing. We've had to put more animals down than I care to think about and it is always heart-rending. :(

Just remember that those feelings that you are having now- the self-doubt, the compassion, the guilt of being forced to make a decision to resolve a situation you had no hand in creating- those feelings and thoughts are what make you human. I believe that they are part of the equipment God gave us to use as stewards of His Creation. You have used them well, and I wish you peace. :thumbup:
 
:thumbup:You showed compassion to one of God's creatures and one of Man's best friends, brother. You did it right and hurting only shows you have a human spirit.
 
Some years back there had been an accident in the mist. A pick up with 3 girls was trashed when it hit a steer on the road. The girls we shuttled off to the nearest hospital for minor injuries.

The steer was screaming in pain and thrashing. The police were there and unable to do anything. So seeking their permission I took out my Glock 21 to dispatch the poor animal.

So I moved close and took aim, looked around and had to ask the crowd that immediately assembled of local rubberneckers to kindly remove themselves from infront of me.
 
About 20 years ago, in South Africa, a guy crashed his car and was stuck in the burning wreckage. After realising he couldn't help the guy out of the wreckage, a fellow passenger shot him so that he didn't have to burn to death.

It takes great character to put one's psychological stability at risk to alleviate another beings suffering.
 
jeremill said:
Please someone tell me that I was right!!!!!!!!!!J
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Without question you did the right thing. I'm glad that poor animal was found by someone with the compassion and will to do what had to be done.
 
Jeremill, you did do the right thing and you have to keep that in mind. There are fewer and fewer people out there who have the caring and compassion to do what you did, that poor thing might have stayed like that for a while had you not come along. Its hard now but in the coming weeks you will look back on it and find peace knowing that you helped that dog in the final minutes of its life by taking his pain away. You are a good hearted person and the memory of this will fade away but that will always be true.
 
I have had dogs all my life (even in a dorm at Emory) and always struggle after I make the decision that it is time. I know it and recognize it, but always second guess myself afterwards. (was I too early, was I too late).

What you did was not easy, but what you did was right in my opinion and I commend you for stopping and doing what was right.
 
Be lucky you had a gun. I had to do the same process with my own cat after some scumbag hit it and left it flopping in the gutter. I didn't have a gun at the time and still have images in my head I wish I didnt.....you did the right thing. Any person who would have left it suffering is selfish. Your guilt is proof that you did the right thing. If you weren't guilty right now, you probably wouldn't have even had the compassion to have stopped in the first place.
 
Mongo said:
Damn J, that was a tough one... but you DID DO THE RIGHT THING. The poor guy was suffering and in terrible pain. Thank you for stopping.
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Mongo is right..and he is a Vet so he knows what he is talking about.

BTW there is a special place in hell for people who care so little for a animal that they do not even stop after hitting it..
 
you did the right thing bro. it would have been cruel to let that poor mutt suffer any longer. it is good that you stayed with it after you shot it so it wasn't alone.

I don't know who is worse though? Someone who cares so little about their dog to let it stray, or someone who hits a dog and doesn't stop.
 
I appreciate all of the comments. However, I did get some lip from an officer who arrived first: stating that is was illegal to discharge a firearm in the city limits. So I just called my father " A Sheriff Deputy" he came by and smoothed things out, he said I made the right choice.. However, if it were not for him I would be in some trouble. So it is good to see that things did work out. Thanks for all of the comments; I know it was the right thing to do with any animal that is injured and just suffering. As I mentioned, I am not some bleeding heart, I just have a heart. I have hunted my entire life, so it is not new to me, this was just different somehow. :mad:


Jeremy
 
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