My dog (well, family dog, but when kids went off to college it was me & Taffy) had to be put to sleep after 12 yrs. due to kidney failure. I was at the vet's every day while they were trying to save her w/IV's & had her in the sunshine on the steps of the facility w/her head in my lap. It has been 10 yrs. & I can't forget the love & companionship Taffy gave me, but I also could not allow her to be in pain which she was starting to be. I carried her up & down the stairs & had no problem w/that, but when she was whimpering in pain--I COULD NOT STAND THAT & CALLED THE VET AT MIDNIGHT TO PUT HER OUT OF PAIN...
Even now my eyes well up in tears when I remember her...
SO HARD...
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