I mean. My parents have never had a good track record with dogs. They only ever took them to the vets for vaccinations, and never had gotten a dog put down humanely. When it was time for them to go, they couldnt even pull the trigger themselves, and had to get a friend to do it and dig the hole.

Even now, one of their dogs is on his last legs, and, quite frankly, should be put down. Even though he's living life and seems happy, he's skin and bones because pancreatitis, lymes' disease (which me and my girlfriend paid for the doctors visit and guilted my parents to bring him to the vet) missing an eye due to getting owned by a deer, and a puppyhood leg weakness from jumping out of a car, as well as normal artheritis.

All this because they never had the money (or were unwilling to spend) the money on a pet. I can see the argument.