I was 16 when my dog died. My dad and I took him to the vet to be put down, since my mom and sister were out of town. Like, multi-day trips each, one across an ocean. Our dog was in too much pain to last for that. We put him down, and he and I actually left the fucking room. My dad said he couldn’t take it, and is… Read more

Just gonna share another pet-death story: I only ever had these two cockatiel sisters. They had so much personality and were the perfect pets for me. They passed away about a year apart, after only five and six years of life. The first one to pass was the bubbliest, more affectionate bird. She was overnight at the… Read more

My three year old cat died of a clot-induced aneurysm less than 24 hours before my then-fiancée and I were scheduled to travel 6,000 miles to see her parents. Read more

What you’ve described here taps into what happened to me one day, arriving home from work to find Ash, my longhair gray rescue cat that I named after Evil Dead’s lead, crying loudly in a corner, behind the chair, with a trail of vomit leading to him. It took me a moment to realize that the reason he wasn’t coming to… Read more

This speaks to me on so many levels. I had to put down my kitty today. She too was 3 and half and was euthanazed due to a sudden and unexpected illness. She was a beautiful calico with a little Hitler mustache. She was my boyfriend and I’s first real pet and had lived in two states and three different houses with us.… Read more

This is beautifully sad. Almost two years ago my childhood cat, Phil, passed away at the age of 17. It was the first time I went to the vet with my mother to have a pet euthanized. I held him on my lap while he purred and struggled to breath during the short ride there, and felt like I was committing the ultimate act…

I’m very sorry for your loss. I can relate to your story in two ways: Read more

My family is a cat family, and when I was in grade six they adopted a female tortie who chose me as her person. That cat watched hockey with me, she slept under the blankets like a person (with her head on my pillow), and she helped me get through some pretty tough depression as a teenager. Read more

I lost my Honey-Cat on June 30, 2014 as a unilateral decision by my parents, he was staying with them at the time. I didn’t find out for weeks. It was enraging. I lost Cleo, Honey’s littermate, on January 14, 2016. I knew she had chronic kidney failure, we’d been doing multiple treatments, she didn’t hide from me, but…

This made me miss my Frankie, adopted at one of those Petsmart adopt-a-thons. He looked just like Kelloggs, except for his extremely bright blue eyes (thus the name “Frank”), and his angelic behavior (best cat I ever had, by a long shot — loved people, other cats, and no annoying behaviors, masturbatory or otherwise).… Read more

I am so sorry for your loss, my screen name is a tribute to my recently deceased kitty Jaeger, after watching fight club one sleepless night(thanks to fat assed Jeager) I started calling him Bob with bitch tits. He was a pain in the ass, but he was my pain in the ass. I inherited him and two others when my brother… Read more

I’m so sorry for your loss. I lost my 15 year old Smokey back in 2011 after a short bout with cancer that chemo just couldn’t help. In November, I lost 19 year old Bailey after a very prolonged drawn out illness starting shortly after Smokey had died. While both were SO painful and still are, I understand the “relief”…

Thank you so much for sharing this. You so eloquently expressed so many different emotions and thoughts. Read more

Great story, you certainly have my sympathies. I swear it’s like loosing a family member. Read more

My dog, whom I’d had for 11 years, died while I was visiting family. He died in his sleep at the pet boarding facility. He died the day after my birthday and the night before I was to fly home. I will never get over it. I did not expect to cry until it hurt, but I did, for days. That little, black Chihuahua had been… Read more

thinking good thoughts for you. thanks for sharing your loss through such a well-written piece. i lost my boston terrier about two years ago. she was a needy little dog, full of thunder storm and separation anxiety. i loved her so much. i understand what you mean about relief... i didn’t last very long without a pet,… Read more

I actually did sit there and hold my cat as I watched the last bits of life evaporated from her - and that REALLY sucked but I’m glad I was there. My cat’s last couple of weeks were so miserable, and I didn’t realize she was actually dying until her actual last day when she’d deteriorated so fast overnight, and I feel… Read more

Sorry for your loss, Rich. Went through this last August after my cat of 19 years, Bean, died. Much to my surprise, it ripped me apart. I have a folder of her pics on my desktop, but still can’t bring myself to look at any of them. Bizarre. Read more

Condolences. Losing a pet is never easy. last cat my family lost died on my birthday, of all days. Read more

The vet told me the blood clot was not brought on by stress. It’s something that happens frequently in otherwise healthy, often young cats as a result of a heart condition. Read more