“Pets, it turns out, also have last wishes before they die, but only known by veterinarians who put old and sick animals to sleep. Twitter user Jesse Dietrich asked a vet what was the most difficult part of his job.
The specialist answered without hesitation that it was the hardest for him to see how old or sick animals look for their owners with the eyes of their owners before going to sleep. The fact is that 90 % of owners don’t want to be in a room with a dying animal. People leave so that they don’t see their pet leave. But they don’t realize that it’s in these last moments of life that their pet needs them most.
Veterinarians ask the owners to be close to the animals until the very end. ′′It’s inevitable that they die before you. Don’t forget that you were the center of their life. Maybe they were just a part of you. But they are also your family. No matter how hard it is, don’t leave them.
Don’t let them die in a room with a stranger in a place they don’t like. It is very painful for veterinarians to see how pets cannot find their owner during the last minutes of their life. They don’t understand why the owner left them. After all, they needed their owner’s consolation.
Veterinarians do everything possible to ensure that animals are not so scared, but they are completely strangers to them. Don’t be a coward because it’s too painful for you. Think about the pet. Endure this pain for the sake of their sake. Be with them until the end.”
Photo credit: Travis Patenaude.
(Tom: I’ve been with my last three dogs when they passed and I think it was a helluva lot easier on them than it was on me! My view is that sadness and loss are part of life. They are the down that makes the up so enjoyable. It is unrealistic to desire only up things despite the fact that pleasure is life and pain is death. Sure there are drugs available to enable you to go through life feeling no pain but they also remove the pleasure in life too. So I have chosen to accept the joy, create as much as I can for self and others but recognize that there is no Yin without the Yang. And just because I experience sadness at times it does not mean I am mentally ill, need to see a shrink and be prescribed drugs to numb the pain. I have seen going for a walk and looking at things do more good for a person then dozens of visits to a psychologist or psychiatrist.)
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