So I know someone that just put down an animal and I don't agree with the way it was done and would like to get your opinion on how you would do it in their situation (Broke).

So it was a small family dog that was near the end of his life (12, 13 years old) Although it was the family's dog one of the kids (My other friend) was responsible for him. He had made it clear that when he got his paycheck that he would take the dog to the vet and have him put to sleep.

More on the dogs condition. He was peeing and pooping in the house, half of his hair was gone and he was covered in flees, when he walked into a room you could smell him instantly. Most of this I feel is owner neglect...

The oldest brother was the only one living with the dog and was feed up with have to clean up after it. He called his mom and asked what he should do with the dog and she just said "Deal with it".

When I talked to the oldest brother he said he took care of the dog. When I asked him what he meant he said he killed it.

How?
He took it out back and hit it in the back of the head with an aluminum baseball bat.