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[Debbie Jenkins]

Bev: I read your post about Conley and burst into tears, ugly crying because I made the same mistake with one of my own too. 
He would rally around and do better and my husband and I would think how could we possibly have been thinking of putting him down?? Then he would have days where I knew he didn't feel great (he had cancer) but didn't seem that bad...or did he? 
Finally after him feeling good most of the time we arrived at the Friday night of Labor Day weekend that year. He quit eating. Only wanted the occasional treat. 
I told my husband it was time. I called my vet and she agreed to come out the next morning. 
Before she arrived at the house he collapsed in the dining room. I sat down on the floor next to him and put my arms around him. He made the most godawful noise and died. I'll hear that noise the rest of my life. 
I wish we would have put him down when we knew he was truly failing. As you said Bev, I don't know why I couldn't make that decision when it needed to be made. The guilt has never left me. We loved him so much. I do understand.

Debbie 

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