[libstripper]

I cried when I did it. Hurts like Hell, often more than a human bereavement.

[jmacusa]

‘’.. often more than a human bereavement’’. So true, so true. In the last year my elderly mother-in law passed away after a stroke at the age of 97 and a month later my widowed father passed away after a long illness at the age of 89. I was saddened of course but both had lived long fruitful lives, they were in failing health and both had longed to be reunited with their long lost spouses. It was time to let go. As humans we understand death comes to us all. But I think sometimes we fail to appreciate that it comes to our animal friends and because dogs are perhaps, next to humans, the most mood affective animals on Earth we're pained even more because we feel they don't know of death but science tells they do. In any case it's because dogs love us unconditionally and it hurts to see that unconditional love be taken away.

[Hot Tabasco]

I cried when I did it. Hurts like Hell, often more than a human bereavement.

A human death you have no control over and so you grieve then move on.

For a beloved pet, you're the one holding their life in your hands and it's your decision only......I hate these threads.