Bark if You Can't Take Care of Yourself

Can you picture
An old dog's home
Where you send
Your four legged friend
To be cared for
In their remaining days of pain?

Inhumane you say
Animal cruelty the world protests

From the day you adopted a pup
Into the family unit
You got a nagging feeling
In the back of your mind

He won't be a pup forever
Like you he wasn't made to last
He'll be older than you 
In a few years
Unable to walk and see
And many other ailments 
Depending on the breed
When the time comes
You know what you'll have to do
In the most humane way

The only acts of humanity
Saved for man's best friend