Muky -- with us 1996-2009
our little black dog I brought home in 1996 rescued from the streets where she was beaten and a neighbor in Cluj gone to a conference to Alba-Iulia found her laying in the corner of the building she had the conference.
Dr. Ioana Bogdan-Cataniciu rescued Muky, but in the apartment they had already two dogs so I took Muky home to my parents. The Veterinarian said that Muky was pregnant with puppies and someone kicked in her belly, and if Ioana would not take her home and to the Vet immediately to have a C-section and take the dead puppies out then the dog would have died very soon. At that time the Vet said she was 1 or 1 1/2 years old.
At first Muky did not let any man approach (most likely was kicked by a man), but then with care and patience she got attached to my Dad. She was my Dad's loved dog, always following him like a shadow.
Muky most likely was by now 16 years old.
Muky got sick and paralyzed suddenly of her back legs. My mom took care of her like you care for a baby, but in the last week she could not stand up at all she was falling back and did not want to eat. Medication did not help at all.
She asked the Veterinarian to come and put Muky to sleep, but the Vet said that they are not allowed by law (Romanian laws) to put any animal to sleep.
Mom said that it was heart breaking since he said that he does not have any cure for Muky and she most likely will die paralyzed.
There was a struggle to keep her in her misery or let her go...
The only way they could save her was to ask our neighbor with a hunting gun to help out.
It is outrageous what laws can do, I cannot imagine that they let animals suffer and die like that.
Mom says that other people put their dog or cat in a sac and in sac a big stone, tie it up and go to the big river Mures and throw it in so the stone drains the animal. Or go in the forest and abandon the dying animal in the middle of nowhere to die or be eaten by wolfs.
I cannot believe that a "do not kill" law is going so far to put owners of pets into such a heart breaking situation. Not only do they loose their pet but they have to use extreme methods that make their pain even stronger.
My parents wanted to bury at home Muky as we did with all our dogs buried in the corner of our garden. So painful, so bad laws. Someone needs to change them. I understand they fight for "do not kill" shelters but to make an animal suffer so much or be killed in much pain that is not animal protection either!!!!
I am heart broken!
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Muky rest in peace!