I had the chance to witness a dog's castration surgery last Saturday. It was kinda upsetting... :|

The doctor diagnosed that the little fella having cancerous balls at a terminal stage(technically, the testicles if you insist... :: btw, the balls were in such a bad condition it was bloated up to the size of a small orange) and terrible teeth decay. His owner signed away at the relavant documents and said bye-bye to him. We carried the dog into the cage while we prepared for the surgery.

As I did the blood test, he barked, and barked, and barked, until he didn't feel like it anymore. He knew something was going to happen to him and it wasn't good, at least to him. The doctor and his other assistant prepared the anesthetics. The printer rolled out the results for the blood test and it was a 'go-ahead' sign for the surgery.

The dog whimpered a little while we brought him out. He didn't put up much of a resistance as I gripped his little arm, watching the mixtures of liquids injected into his bloodstream. The medicine did its work through his body quickly and so did we.

3 hrs later, he woke up to find out the word 'he' cannot be used on it anymore. Shivering and having to lie in a pool of vomit, suffering the pain from the passing anesthetics and not even able to bark...

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All that just makes me think that being unable to make your own decisions on important matters sucks. If any guy were to be in this situation, I believe 99% of them would have preferred to throw themselves in front of an incoming 18-wheeler instead. At least, I would. The other part was that, the reason why a dog is not given a choice; it is just a stupid mutt, if i were to put it in a crude way. It does not understand the need to endure this frightening and painful process. So someone else who has a brain that understands the situation and has the authority to make that decision does so, although it may seem cruel...

pwnage is a good word to use here.

Understand, learn and be a clever person. Don't get yourself pwned and your decisions made for you.