This is tough

Last night I said my last goodbye to my little fury doggo. Only 6 years old. I don't think I've ever felt this sad.

I remember I thought I would die of grief when my little dogs died. They are like our children. I called my brother. He had just lost a dog the year before, and I asked him what to do, because the loss hurt so badly. He told me to go out and buy a puppy. I did. That actually did help me to get over the terrible grief I still feel today, missing them. It keeps your mind occupied with a new "baby".

I am not saying to do what I did. I just wanted to let you know that there is a way to blunt the pain if you need it.

3FeetFromPeace · 31-35, M

@4meAndyou thank you 🙂 he suffered with seizures for 2 years but last night he had 10+. I had no choice but to put him asleep so I'm hating myself right now

4meAndyou · F

@3FeetFromPeace I had to quit the vet where my little dog was put to sleep. What was so horrible was that she had breast cancer, (dogs can get that), and the vet put her through so much agony, with NO pain pills afterward. She cried and cried with pain, and when it was time for her checkup it turned out she went through that for nothing.

I took her to the vet, and then my mother had an emergency and I had to leave and drive an hour away to take care of my mother. I got the call from the vet saying the cancer had come back while I was driving my mother to the doctor, and I had to give them permission to put her to sleep over the phone. I couldn't even hold her or say goodbye. I know she felt abandoned and lost. Gosh...I've got to stop reliving this.