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[–] RaoulDuke85@piefed.social -1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

From experience, it was hard to have a healthy dog put down. It was my dad's dog and my dad had dementia. It was a very aggressive dog and killed other dogs in the pack. I had to keep convincing the vet it was a danger to have. It wasn't an easy process.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

I had to keep convincing the vet it was a danger to have. It wasn’t an easy process.

If it wasn't your dog, you are not the one to decide, obviously your dad having dementia means he isn't fit to make the decision. You did well in this case. And I think the doctor was acting according to regulation.

But when you actually are the owner, it's a very different story, and our neighbor did exactly what I wrote, in her defense she was dying of cancer, but we and another family she knew both offered to adopt the dog, the dog was very fond of both of us, my wife walked it daily, and when we visited, the dog would jump on the couch and lie across my lap, which it did for nobody else. But she went ahead and had the dog put down anyway. Perfectly legal as it is done humanely.
My wife actually has trauma about the incident, because the vet came to her house, and my wife was there for support, and when my wife found the leash to hold him, he was so filled with joy because he thought they were going for a walk, but it was only to hold him while he was injected.

So yes you can have perfectly healthy happy good dogs put down, you don't even have to give a reason. They also do it at rescue shelters all the time.