@Canuck_Finley @Evil_Bender @Tactical @Paleloon I love ‘em, take care of them, and do coddle them to an extent. But being able to put them down is necessary. Death is a kindness when they get to the end of the line.
The only ones I’m too weak to cull are my dogs. The older guys in the family don’t have much problem giving them the old yeller slug through the forehead but I can’t do that. My last 2 aged into death, and I made it as comfy as possible (to the point I’d carry a 100 lb dog up the stairs in the winter so she could sleep indoors in comfort)