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Ken and Nancy, thank you for featuring my letter. It really helped to hear your kind and caring words.

Im so sorry for your loss. We have addressed this sort of loss in a few episodes but not devoted one episode entirely to it. We recently received a story about this and will likely be sharing it within the next 2 weeks.

Does anyone know if there is an episode about pet misdiagnosis leading to death of your pet and now to deal with the guilt of trusting the vets and the anger that they were wrong and my dog is gone now?

Thanks!

Thanks team, always uplifting listening to the compassion for our fury friends. Life can just be a series of fury friends❤

I enjoyed this discussion. Some good resources to look into

Interesting discussion- looking forward to more of these! Thanks for sharing the resources. (Beautiful picture in your background, Nancy- must be Hank?) thanks again. Great episode 👍

Jenny, I wish you peace and comfort during this difficult grief journey. Big Boy Ace was so handsome. Thank you for sharing the story of his life journey with you.

Thank you Ken and Nancy for reading and sharing our story :(...I watched and listened with many tears... I knew it would be so emotional for me....I appreciate both your kind words and reflections and for reading every single one of my words so compassionately (I'm so sorry it was such a long story for you to read)......I miss my baby girl so much.

Oh Theodore, what a sweet soul. And what a wonderful companion during part of your life journey, Lidia. I wish you peace and comfort.

Heidi, my heart is with you. The love you had for Honey was very evident in your life story with her. Please be gentle with yourself.

She was such a cute girl, Nancy! Sending you positive thoughts as you adjust to her transition!

Thank you so much for running this channel. My cat passed away almost a year ago and at the time this podcast was a lifeline for me. It helped me heal and be able to grieve and honor his memory like the wonderful little angel he was. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

I know this is an older video, but your channel was linked on the r/petloss subreddit. I have a kitty who is losing a battle with lymphoma right now and we are unfortunately at the point of considering euthanasia. I just wanted to say that I appreciate your channel. I've been going through your videos and I feel a bit less silly about how distraught I am over my cat, because he's been my baby ever since we adopted him. Watching him lose this battle has been so hard. He's so weak that he seems to be uncomfortable with even cuddling right now, he used to always lay on my chest. It's been hard grappling with this preliminary grief. Your channel is helping me though. I'm happy to know there are other people out there who love and care about their animal companions as much as I love mine. Also my name is Esmé too, like your other kitty! :)

Thank you for sharing, this helped me because I can relate to all your talking about. We put our little yorkie down on May 7th this year & he had a lot of the same symptoms of your pet, this has been so hard for me. I also have struggled with anxiety more in the last 10 years, so my health wasn’t good taking care of my little Tyke. Thank you for sharing about guilt. ❤

That's true. My little dog Jill has a enlarged heart and liver. Her stomach is swollen and she's has a tumor on her spleen. Because of all of health concerns she is having a hard time breathing 😢😢😢. I'm going to have to put her to sleep in 6 months or a year. And it' is hurting too think about it. I cry every time I think about it 😢😢😢😢

When i hear Danielle say that they plan how and when they go..... my first question is why would my dog want to do it that way for me? (specially anyone who is dealing with an emergency vet situation like me ).... im in deep deep grief with a lot of guilt and self blame.... please please tell me why would she want it to happen this way when im here suffering so much now with 'how' it all ended up happening.... how could it be possible that she would want that for me..???? PLEASE HELP!!?? legitimate question here i just want to know..... because this is not how i wanted my girl to go, i wanted to be at home in peace and calm and be with her and hold her and cuddle her and kiss her until the end and tell her how much i loved her.... why would they not want that for their passing? im devastated over it all. and i cant help but think im stuck with this 'end' for her in my mind forever. i feel jealous of people who get their somewhat 'perfect' respectful peaceful goodbye where they can then feel at peace with knowing they did that with them. :(

I just put down my 14 year old yellow labrador, he had a stroke and lost complete control of his legs and balance. It hurt me immediately when I knew he couldn't move, I had him put down the next day. His annual check up turned into euthanasia. I am so happy he isn't suffering anymore, he was diagnosed with IMHA in March of 2021 and gave me three more beautiful years. I will miss him until we are reunited again, but so grateful he got to grow as an old man, and I was there until his final breath. I don't think a pet owner could ask for anymore than that. I still cry, but it's because I miss him.

Thank you for this! I still struggle and it's been two years already since I lost my heart dog.

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Hello Ken and Nancy, I must tell you how shocked I was (pleasantly so), watching this video and hearing my name, and commenting about my feelings on euthanasia being read on your podcast. I just had to make that decision 2 months ago for my precious baby Jadzia. She was the first and only cat we had to make that decision for, the other 3 that went before her all died naturally and unassisted. It was a difficult choice to make, but not as difficult as I thought it would be. She had several chronic health issues that we were treating and maintaining. All in all she was doing fairly well. Considering she was 16 and a half years old with CKD, a heart block, and wasting syndrome. She was the only cat we had that had both an internist and cardiologist that saw her every 3 months. Well, 2 months ago she had her lungs fill up with fluid( pleural infusion) we had them perform the thoracocentesis procedure to drain her lungs. The procedure took so much out of her, it took her a full 2 days to recover and the fluid was back 6 days after draining it. We couldn't keep putting her through it. We took her to our primary care vet and he said she has DAYS not WEEKS to live. He also said if we were lucky, her heart would just stop and she would go quickly. But the more likely scenario would be that her lungs would fill up and she would suffocate very slowly. So, coupled with the fact that she was on her way out anyway, and us not wanting to risk her suffering a terrifying death...we opted to give her a peaceful passing. We had the hospice vet service Lap of Love come to our home. She left with both her mom and dad with her as 0m she made her way to the afterlife. It was one of the hardest decisions I ever had to make or I should say WE, had to make. But, I know it was the right one. I don't feel guilty, I thought I would, but I dont...I know we did the right thing and spared her from and agonizing death. And as you always say...we end their suffering so ours can begin. If I could have taken years off my own life to give to her, I would have...unfortunately it doesn't work like that. Anyway, I just want to finish up by saying that I really enjoyed this format of sharing comments. I. hope you do it more often.

6 more months and ready to eat

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Wow what a beautiful story. Brought tears to my eyes. She was so loved. ❤ Thank you for helping dogs who may not otherwise have a chance. You and your husband are amazing humans. May boo boos legacy live on.

Thank you for this channel ❤❤ new subscriber

I needed this so bad right now, letting my beloved outside cat remain an outside cat, and of course, my worst fear came into reality. I lost my beautiful black bubbs, rip my sweet boy :(

This format was helpful. I appreciate you two so much. Very informative and interesting. ❤

I think it's super unhelpful when you tell pet parents "they will tell you when they want to be euthanized" because clearly the person writing in had said "I wish she could talk to me". No, they can't tell us and we are not psychic and when you say that, you're almost shaming us in a way for not being able to read their mind.

My heart breaks for you, Jeri. What a tragic loss 😢 Please be gentle with yourself.

I wanted to correct my comment if I may? I realized how saying “I can’t imagine” can land. I apologize for my comment and if it came as insensitive. From the heart- so sorry for your loss.

So heartbreaking. I'm so sorry this happened.

And what if, by a series of erroneous choices, we contributed to our beloved pet's death ourselves?

Thank you Ken and Nancy! Qwerty had a wonderful life! Beautiful story!❤😢

Thank you❤️

Yessvthank you so much

I was playing chase with my eight-year-old beautiful cat Boomer last week and I chased him into the bedroom and somehow he jumped up, trying to escape me and slammed his rib cage either against the wall or on a piece of furniture or under the bed and it happened so fast I don’t know what really happened. Yes I was chasing him and playing with him like we’ve done thousands of times before. But this time he crushed his lungs and had emergency surgery and died three days later on Easter morning. I begged God to take any amount of years off my life and give it to him to survive. I begged for his resurrection. He died. I feel so responsible and so very guilty for this “accident“. Yes, it was an “accident“, unplanned, certainly not intentional, but I was chasing him. My family is devastated. I feel the worst I’ve ever felt in my life. Of course I’m asking why? How? he has a brother who is looking for his brother and soulmate, and I am comforting him and his trauma.. again, we were just playing together like we always do. How do I let go of this guilt? I loved my boy so much and promised to protect him every single day of his life, and then this happened. We are suffering so intensely. it’s different than euthanizing a 15-year-old pet who is suffering with pain from cancer. This is a freak accident that was avoidable? It’s devastating. I “should” have not played chase with him. How do I recover from this?

It's so true. Losing our soul companions is difficult in any scenario. Thank you, Ken and Nancy, for providing a forum for us to hold space with each other and learn to process our grief.

I love it when Zeus ( small white west highland terrier) comes bounding through the meadows of long grass and wild flowers 💐 in my dreams. He was a great mate and comrade. Thanks Zeus and this community for enriching my life 🥰

Thank you Ken and Nancy.❤

I have also felt the same way with the passing of my heart dog Candy. She's been gone for two years now and I find it so difficult to look at her pictures. I'm not sure how life can ever be better now that she's gone. I understand a lot of what Alyssa (I hope I have that right) is feeling. I'm so sorry for her loss! I was also sobbing with my dear Candy when she was being put to sleep. I could hardly breath. I too wish I could have done her last moments differently.

I’m hurting so much for the loss of my animal companion!

Thanks for the real life experiences of life and grief. I feel the pain, but not expand to hold it with love in a vast conscious experience ❤

Amazing stories thanks for sharing inspirational stories with amazing memories with our deceased love ones pets.🙏🤗

Thank you ♥️

Thank you great video ❤

On February, 3, 2024 my Precious, Sweetest Baby , Yorkie doggie, Basechka 🐕💕 went to the Rainbow 🌈 🤍unexpectedly, within 4 hours of a worse news ever from the vet , at age of 9years, 4 minths 💔😢😭 She has became Everything to me over those years of very close, intimate relationship 💞 We have spent all the time together. Being only 4 pounds, she somehow got a heart 💝 as Huge as Universe. I lost my Baby Daughter, my Friend, my Buddy, my Love, my Soul, my reason to wake up in a morning , living my days through...💔😢 My heart, my World, my life is Crushed, Shattered into billions of pieces ...💔💔💔, and I can't stop crying like crazy ever since 😭😭😭 Any interest of doing things we liked to do together as traveling, going for a walks, eat ice cream from the same spoon: one for her, one for me has disappeared... I can relate to every word that was said about relationships with our furry Babies and about being brokenhearted when they leave to the Rainbow Bridge 💔😢 ... I promised my Baby 🐕 she is my always One and Only 💞That’s how our life together had been: we were One 💞I can only fall asleep now hugging her sweater she wore last time and the Urn with her ashes 💔💔💔 I can’t imagine how to continue living the life on that planet without my Precious Baby 🐕💖 who has showed me what Love is...😢😢😢😢😢😢💔💔💔💔💔

Sitting here bawling my eyes out because there are so many parallels to my Bella Bear and I 💔🐾 She left me on 1/20/24 after 12.5 years together. We also went through an abusive relationship together and I too almost lost her several times since 2020…I miss her so much every single day…she is imprinted on my soul and in my heart forever…my little baby girl 😢

Nancy and Ken, Thank you for sharing our story and for the kind emails. You are both beautiful shiny gems that make this world a better place 💖 Thankfully my boy was never hurt in the relationship we left - I was far too protective for that to ever happen and he truly was loved by all, even the garbage humans from our past. We both deserved more and I wanted whatever time he had left to be the best life possible for us both. Sending love and strength to all.

Best wishes

I started journaling after reading your book. It helped a lot when I was diligent about it. I have to get better at making it a regular part of my life as it does help me.