Glory/Pet Suffering was Dog Update

[Guest guest]

You are so right!

My cat was really failing and My mom said he wouldnt die because he

was worried about leaving me alone (i was newly single and really

having a really tough time back then) and so he kept hangin on. Plus

near then end the seizures started up again and i did not want to

come home one day and find him veg'd on the floor because he was home

alone. When i sent him off, i took the day off, had a friend go with

me, and spent some quite time remembering what an awesome friend he

was. I was very lucky to have him in my life (for 21 years no less)

It was one of the hardest things i ever had to do, and i still miss

him to this day but I will always know that i did my friend a favor

by not letting him suffer.

Sylvia

--- In health , MorningGlory113@a...

wrote:

>

>

> > I always try to think " would I want to live that way? " when

making a

> > decision about whether to put an animal down.

>

> Exactly. Euthanizing a pet is one of the greatest acts of pure

love. We have

> to step outside of ourselves and, no matter how much pain and grief

we are in

> and no matter how much we don't want to let go, we have to think

solely of the

> animal and give no thought to ourselves. I've been there done that

many times

> and it is an act of total unselfishness.

>

> Gloria

[Guest guest]

I did too, and it scared the living **** out of me!

I woke up due to seeing a flash of light and then i thought i felt or

dreamed that he jumped onto the bed. I could not move, and tried to

call out, but could not? Really weird. That was shortly after i put

him to sleep. There were a few other times too, but not sure because

i have moved from " his " house since then.

I'm the biggest skeptic in the world but, I feel that he is still

around watching over me.

Sylvia

--- In health , MorningGlory113@a...

wrote:

>

> > It was one of the hardest things i ever had to do, and i still

miss

> > him to this day but I will always know that i did my friend a

favor

> > by not letting him suffer.

> >

> This might sound very weird to some people but I had a cat come

back the

> night after I had him put to sleep. Yeah, it's a real live ghost

story and the

> only time it happened to me, but it really made me take a good look

at whether

> " death " really exists as an end-all, over-and-out kinda thing.

He " ate " the food

> on the floor, went to the litter box, jumped on my bed and did

everything

> else he did when he was alive, but he was dead. Wigged me out, my

other pets just

> stood there and stared at him, but it really happened. The only

difference

> was that he wasn't suffering anymore. A close friend of mine had a

similar thing

> happen.

>

> Gloria