How do you let your pet go?

Oh so very sad.
Kathy is right.

 

Thank you, Kathy. Your compassion will guide me through the journey ahead. Knowing I did the right thing brings me peace. I know I'll see Charlie again.

 

Cry til trash time

 

Oh, you did the right thing. We kept dog 1.0 going far too long, looking back....he was sick a long time, but you do it to put off the grief. We had a serious chat about dog 2.0 and how we were never going to do that again. They've been too good to us and too good of a dedicated companion for years to let them suffer for our sake. One thing I do recommend is to either overlap pets, or go right out and get another - the hole they leave is just too big.

Now. How freaky is this. Looking into dog 2.0's records - he was born on the very same day that dog 1.0 died.........same dog....?

 

After reading your lovely, but ultimately very sad story, my mind went back to something about 12 years ago.
I was aware that our cat was not very happy and working from home one morning I discovered the reason. He suddenly came in from the garden pursued by another cat who had obviously been bullying him. I arrived at the lounge door, to find our cat in the opposite corner standing underneath our dog facing out between his legs.
The funny part was the look on the cats face, as if to say to his pursuer, now what are you going to do. A few seconds the other cat pranced into the room, stopped dead in his tracks and immediately turned around. I knew that cats could run fairly fast, but until then, I did not know that they could fly. Our dog was a Rottweiler cross, so perhaps that was the reason.
I always wondered afterwards, what went through that poor cats mind, seeing our cat between the dogs legs like that. We already had the cat when we adopted the dog from the animal shelter, so they were inseparable and even slept together.
Sadly neither of them are with us now, but we had about 17 years of their company.

 

Good that you had that much time with your little friends. I have gotten many stray cats homes wherever I have lived ,from Florida to Hawai'í and kept some of them myself. They never live as long as I want them to---sadly. But I remember them ALL.

 

Of those we had to let go, we have an awesome Vet. He does house calls...makes it so much easier on everyone. Talks us all through it, reassures and explains why it's the right thing to do, gets all the paperwork out of the way, relaxes them, we get our last goodbye in and get to hold them as they cross over. Then he lets himself out .. and that's that.

I have a spot out in the woods where I put them all where they all have their own markers. When I go out there to dump leaves or grass nearby, I let them know, in no uncertain terms, I expect them all to be waiting when I get to the pearly gates...snnfff.

 

Very touching stories. Our little friends just want to be loved and will give it in return. I have the utmost disdain for those that mistreat animals.

 

Office cat agrees whole heartedly....and half tailed...

 

It was hard.very hard when my kitty cat left us years ago.........

I still miss her terribly,poor kitty