My family and I made the most devastating decision of my life yesterday to have my almost 17 year old cockapoo euthanized. We did it in our home and she passed in my arms.
These past 24 hours have been nothing short of a personal hell. Having to go to bed knowing I won’t see her again was almost impossible, and today hasn’t been much better.
The only thing that has given me some sense of peace is looking back through my camera roll. In the last few years she definitely lost the spring in her step, but finding videos of times when we were on walks, or showing her while we were playing fetch and seeing how excited and happy she was brought me pure joy.
Don’t get me wrong, I cherish every photo I have of her, but there is something special about being to relive a great experience in your pupper’s life.
So here is my request: take as many videos of your pets as you can. Don’t think that anything is too mundane to video, because one day they won’t be with you anymore, but you will always have those videos to look back on and remember them for who they really were.
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