Losing a pet can be as hard as losing a loved one. Grief can sneak up on you.
This is his pet loss story:
My pet loss story that was that hardest on me was my the loss of the family dog I had growing up. He was 14 or 15 and started to get bad health, so we decided have him put down instead of being in pain and having to endure any more suffering.
I ended up having to take him to the vet alone, because both my parents and sister were working.
It was the hardest thing I had to deal with at the time: the pain of pet loss never does go away and losing a pet is like a family member passing away.
I sat there with him in the vet room and held him crying my eyes out because I had never had to do that to an animal before.
Sending you my love – I know how hard losing a pet is. Loves you.
The first te I had to put a dog down was when he developed a tumor the size of a large egg. When I took him to the vet he was diagnosed with cancer. The vet said that even though he was in some pain, he could go back home for a while to be with the family for a while. I declined I couldn’t bring him home only to take him away again.
I had him put down immediately.
I was a sight. A large man sobbing like a child… It made everyone else , even the people in the waiting room cry too.
Horrible, yes, but that is the ultimate responsibility of being a pet owner.
That was 25 years ago, and it still makes me cry just writing about it, and I am not ashamed.