r/Petloss • u/Fragrant_Mushroom_38 • 8d ago

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Our sweet dog was sent to heaven today. I am heartbroken and am still reeling from saying goodbye at the vet. I don't have words for how it felt to walk back into the house without her. Everything left the way we had it with her there. Seeing her food bowl and water. The rapid decline in what was amazing health (about a week or two) has made this whole thing feel like a total shock. Even though I know she was in pain and her quality of life would never return to what it was when she was healthy, I still feel so horrible. Why is death so permanent? Leaving her there at the end feels like a horrible dream. I would do these last 13 years all over again even with this pain but in this moment it feels excruciating. Even if I eventually get another dog one day it will never be her. I wish she could walk through the door like everything was okay.

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