# notfrommensa -  a word please

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfrommensa-a-word-please/554104>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 17, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfrommensa-a-word-please/554104 "2010-09-17T17:02:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfrommensa-a-word-please/554104/1 "2010-09-17T17:02:59Z")

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In the following thread,

> **[I noticed some white hair on my dog.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=578372)**
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> Today I just noticed some white hairs around my dog’s muzzle. Brewster is a Lab mix and completely black from nose to tail. There aren’t too many white hairs, just a few around his lips. But damn it, he’s only 5 years old. He’s practically still a...

\*\*notfrommensa  
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Made the following post,

> [@](#):
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> My bulldog puppy is 11.5 yrs old and she is appears to be in much agony. She can barely walk and real sensitive to petting these days. She doesn’t want to be picked up but I can’t get her to get and walk outside. She cannot stand up on anything with little friction (tile, linoleum, even smooth cement).
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> It awful to see her in so much pain, and 11.5 is old for a bulldog. She has always been a happy dog around people, but never has played well with other dogs.
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> The only thing she does is eat, drink, do her business, and sleep. And she is literally sleeping 23 hrs a day.

The thread itself is about pet ageing, and how precious every moment is for them, and us too, however, given this post, I did ask what the poster was intending to do about the situation - because although time is precious, there is also a reverse to this, where every moment is a cruel trial and ought not be allowed to continue, and this post seems to be be an exemplar of this principle.

I have been very neutral in the question I asked as I appreciate that there may well be a reasonable explanation.

So **notfrommensa** I ask the question again,

what do you intend to do about it?

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**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfrommensa-a-word-please/554104/2 "2010-09-17T17:58:51Z")

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I’d euthanize this Pit thread.