The last leg of the mile with your elderly pet.
Our pets love us unconditionally. They see us at our best and at our worse, yet are always there to love and support us! A purer level of love and acceptance frequently absent in our human relationships. Unfortunately in our society, the loss of a pet is generally not perceived in the same way as the loss of a human loved one. Our pets love us unconditionally. They see us at our best and at our worse, yet are always there to love and support us! A purer level of love and acceptance frequently absent in our human relationships. Unfortunately in our society, the loss of a pet is generally not perceived in the same way as the loss of a human loved one. As a result, we as pet lovers often feel isolated and misunderstood during our grief, and only those who love animals from the wells of their heart understand the magnitude of this type of loss.
And because our pets depend on us for everything in their lives, increasingly so as they become older, a very deep bond develops that can sometimes cause us to experience guilt as part of our grief.
I would like to share that beyond ensuring that we don’t allow our pets to suffer. There is no right or wrong way. Specifically, other aspects of life have to go on as we undertake our beloved pet’s care as well. And we essentially have to spread ourselves out. Because of this, we should not feel guilty when our pets are no longer here. We may be feeling that we should have spent more time with them.
Or feeling guilty that the time we spent with them was not of the quality we wished it could have been or perhaps even should have been. I believe our blessed babies know that we are doing our best. Or that we did our best and that when they are at final rest, they truly want us to be at peace.
