A family member of mine had to put their dog dow recently due to worsening health rendering the dog unable to move, so I'm kinda in a bit more sensitive state for this sorta thing right now but...

The idea this healthy dog is gonna be killed or spend the rest of its (significantly shortened) life in serious pain, all to install a useless lump of machinery into it's skull, is making me feel worse than it typically would right now.

I'm gonna go for tonight, give my dog a pat on the head, and then desperately try to forget I ever read this.