When we had to put down our dog, my wife and kids came in with us. They stayed until it was over and they left.
I wept like a baby in there with that dog for about 20 minutes.
It was worse than losing some close relatives. He was the best dog a person could want. Some of my relatives...meh.
We felt the same way when my daughter lost her black lab. She was our 1st. “grandchild” and we cried for days.
She now has the most wonder Golden and I dread the day that Kelly goes.