I broke the 10th commandment. Only once. That was 6 years ago. I felt like a coward. Never again.
It’s a hard thing to do, but I also always stay with them in the end. I want the last thing they are aware of to be me, and I think it comforts them. But, I had one dog who had a difficult time with the injection. Fortunately my next 2 died at home or on the way to the vet, and I have decided that the next one, I will have them sedated first.