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Sorry to hear about this, always a very difficult decision, will think of you.

Dreadful situation, to find yourself in but whatever the outcome, hope it’s for the best.

Many of us have been in this situation and it’s never easy but at least we do get to make the choice, to help our furry friends.

As you say, remember the good times.

Sorry to read that @lancashire lad

Thoughts are with you and yours.

Sorry to hear this Lancs like others have said before we have all been through it, but it does not make it easier. if your not a pet owner its just an animal but us pet owners / dog owners know its the passing of a family member. Think of the joy to help you through.

It is always with a heavy heart that we take our pets for that final journey, but it is because we don't want to see them suffer that we are able to find it within ourselves to make the decision that is best for them, not us. So sorry to hear you've had to do this today. May your memories of happier times overcome the pain of your loss.

So sad, sorry to hear that.

I feel for you mate.

I feel for you mate.

I am very sorry to hear of your loss, LL. I can't take credit for the following text, but a friend pointed this out to me after their dog passed. (Original here.)

Dogs never die

Some of you, particularly those who think they have recently lost a dog to “death”, don’t really understand this. I’ve had no desire to explain, but won’t be around forever and must.

Dogs never die. They don’t know how to. They get tired, and very old, and their bones hurt. Of course they don’t die. If they did they would not want to always go for a walk, even long after their old bones say:” No, no, not a good idea. Let’s not go for a walk.” Nope, dogs always want to go for a walk. They might get one step before their aging tendons collapse them into a heap on the floor, but that’s what dogs are. They walk.

It’s not that they dislike your company. On the contrary, a walk with you is all there is. Their boss, and the cacaphonic symphony of odor that the world is. Cat poop, another dog’s mark, a rotting chicken bone ( exultation), and you. That’s what makes their world perfect, and in a perfect world death has no place.

However, dogs get very very sleepy. That’s the thing, you see. They don’t teach you that at the fancy university where they explain about quarks, gluons, and Keynesian economics. They know so much they forget that dogs never die. It’s a shame, really. Dogs have so much to offer and people just talk a lot.

When you think your dog has died, it has just fallen asleep in your heart. And by the way, it is wagging it’s tail madly, you see, and that’s why your chest hurts so much and you cry all the time. Who would not cry with a happy dog wagging its tail in their chest. Ouch! Wap wap wap wap wap, that hurts. But they only wag when they wake up. That’s when they say: “Thanks Boss! Thanks for a warm place to sleep and always next to your heart, the best place.”

When they first fall asleep, they wake up all the time, and that’s why, of course, you cry all the time. Wap, wap, wap. After a while they sleep more. (remember, a dog while is not a human while. You take your dog for walk, it’s a day full of adventure in an hour. Then you come home and it’s a week, well one of your days, but a week, really, before the dog gets another walk. No WONDER they love walks.)

Anyway, like I was saying, they fall asleep in your heart, and when they wake up, they wag their tail. After a few dog years, they sleep for longer naps, and you would too. They were a GOOD DOG all their life, and you both know it. It gets tiring being a good dog all the time, particularly when you get old and your bones hurt and you fall on your face and don’t want to go outside to pee when it is raining but do anyway, because you are a good dog. So understand, after they have been sleeping in your heart, they will sleep longer and longer.

But don’t get fooled. They are not “dead.” There’s no such thing, really. They are sleeping in your heart, and they will wake up, usually when you’re not expecting it. It’s just who they are.

I feel sorry for people who don’t have dogs sleeping in their heart. You’ve missed so much. Excuse me, I have to go cry now.

So sorry to read this LL. Cherish the memories, what a handsome fellow he was.