It is a great saddness to lose a pet you love. A year ago this past December we had to put our girl Sam to sleep (she was only 3 years old) from lympth node cancer. She was at the end and could hardly walk and no longer eating. I also felt should I wait and see maybe she will snap out of it - I just didn't want to let her go because it hurt so bad. The nights following I was home alone as my husband was gone for his work and it was terrible. So (I hope this dosen't sound too foolish) I wrote my sweet girl a letter with my final goodbye and set her free. I felt so releived after. I finally showed the letter to my husband otherwise it is private and someday I will get rid of it when the time is right. I have heard of people writing letters to loved ones that have died so I thought why not a dog?

I think sometimes the grief you feel for a pet seems almost harder than a human because you only have a small circle of humans that you can share your feelings with. When a person dies all your friends and relatives share your loss. We all have friends that we are very close to but when it comes to your feelings of pets they don't have a clue how you feel. Sorry I went on so long but I feel the pain of your friend and I guess this has also helped me by writing it out.