Condolences on your loss, Pylon. It's such a difficult choice to have to make for them.
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After it was done, I asked the Vet, "You asked me if I wanted to be here, is there people that actually abandoned their pet in the final moments?" She expressed to me, about half of people do exactly that. I read a lot on the topic in the days that followed, and the stress, confusion and fear that puts a domesticated animal through..... it's just wrong.
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I am often asked about my thoughts on this by friends facing down this choice. I don't really know why, but my answer has never, ever changed. I've even provided it in this thread before:
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"I know that this is a very personal decision...but I know that for me, as much as it would hurt, I couldn't possibly let someone I consider a family member and a dear friend face death alone. Not after all we'd have gone through."
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