This is Bailey. She was my “heart dog”. When I looked into her eyes, I felt like she could see into my soul. She knew what I was thinking and feeling, and I knew her like the back of my hand. We were buddies. We were kindred spirits. Last July there were some telltale issues …
Gretchen was my first animal friend. She was a brown wire-haired retriever with piercing yellow eyes. My parents got her as a puppy when I was a baby. My dad used to say that he would come home with a bag of dog food in one arm, and a bag of diapers in the other. …
Choosing when to euthanize an animal friend can be harrowing. It’s difficult to say goodbye at all, not to mention to be the one to “pull the trigger” and make the final decision to let them go. I’ve experienced both sudden and unexpected loss, in addition to being faced with the euthanasia decision, and either …
