re: Losing a best friend

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I'm 23 and my dog is over 13 y/o; I grew up with him... not fun watching him coming towards his end.

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These are always the worst pet losses

I got mine when I was in the fifth grade as a just-legal-to-sell puppy. She spend almost the entire 6 hour drive back from the breeder nested in the crook of my arm.

She died nearly 13 years later....made a trip back from college when she suddenly took a rapid turn for the worse. Her back legs didn't work but that didn't stop her from trying to crawl to me wherever I was to be pampered with attention. I slept that night on the floor by her side, and she was put to sleep the next day with me petting on either side of her head, dominating her field of view and comforting her in her last moments.