Fellow SW users, how have you dealt with grief from losing a pet? My family and I had to put down my 14 yr old golden retriever named Jake last night. We learned he had spleen cancer and that the tumor could rupture very soon. In the best interest of my dog, we decided to put him down so that he wouldn’t have to suffer anymore. I know it was the right thing to do, but it’s just so hard to deal with. I do realize however, that he did live a long life. But, I grew up with him, and he has been a part of my life for so long. It’s still so hard to believe, and I don’t know how to get through this when everything reminds me of him.
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I lost my Molly February of 2015. She went out to play with her neighborhood friends like she had for 7 years on a one lane road and right under the eyes of my neighbor she was run over by a big slow moving truck. I still can't understand how this happened. I was a blubbering heap of grief .....I lost my composure altogether when they put her down. My Daisy is going to break my heart too, but at least she is going to die of natural causes. Love hurts. It's better that they die old and happy with me than they are taken from the cold concrete floor to be put to death for being unloved. I hate the way I love my smelly and often neurotic friends, but I will continue to have rescue friends as long as I am physically capable of taking care of them. There was Molly, now there is Daisy. There may be a "Shelby" in my future, or it may be 'my' turn to be taken from this cold concrete floor.
