I would love to be able to do it, but I was told the surgery would be $800 and I just can't do that. If this were my animal, I would have done something about this long ago; it would def. be more humane to just put him down. I would not have any qualms about getting the SPCA involved, but I have heard horror stories about this. I've heard about a farm not too far away, where they had about 8 horses, and someone called about them. They sent an inspector out and they found an old mare that was basically thin and not an "easy keeper" but they said she was emaciated, and took ALL of their livestock even though they were not in any way being abused or neglected. I just shudder to think of them taking our horses, even though you can obviously tell they get awesome care.
I honestly think we are going to end up somehow humanely euthanizing this dog. I am looking into getting a shot or some sort of thing, if it is possible; we obviously can't just shoot him or our landlord will have a fit and kick us out, and quite honestly I wold rather be discreet and still have a roof over our heads, as well as the horses; if we had to move, there's no way we could afford boarding for them, and we sure can't afford to buy a place for another year or so until we pay off some credit cards. So if we moved, it would be sayonara horses, and not to get too dramatic, but I can't let go of them now when they have already been absically abandoned in the past by other people.
So how do you quickly, discreetly put an animal down?