I would not have handled this well

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39656646/ns/health-pet_health/

In short: man with almost no money takes his suffering old dog to the vet to have it put down. The next day, it stands back up and stares at him. Doesn’t have the money to feed or care for the dog… and neither the money nor the heart to try euthenasia again.

Shudder.

Had this happened with Koshka, I would have instantly transformed into a permanently gibbering idiot, like a Lovecraftianwitness to a Great Old One, or a Democratic Senatorial candidate.