Posted by Hope on March 29, 2008, 5:25 pm, in reply to "Put my dog to sleep today:("
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I've been promising myself not to check the board on weekends but popped in to distract myself. I'm glad I did.....
I'm so very sorry about Suki. 
What a wonderful friend she was to you.
I wish I knew the secret to not grieving a pet. I don't have one. I love mine so much too and losing them is always difficult.
I do know this: You did right by her. And to a dog, that says everything. They're all about instinct and pack loyalty and love. You obeyed all the rules, in her eyes. You did all the right things that a pack would do if they could.
Also, about the month-long stressors.....trust yourself, honey. Give yourself a reasonable period to grieve and then promise yourself, if you're not showing signs of improvement, it's time to seek help. Then prove you're as faithful to yourself as Suki was to you by following through with whatever help measures you've decided (seeing a doc for meds, a counselor of some kind to talk or maybe even both).
We all love to feel happy and healthy. We can't always have that. You know that yourself, having had bc. Everyone has ups and downs, it's the life rhythm we exist in. Suki's death is naturally going hurt for a while. That's fair, she was a dear good friend and she's worth missing. How long to grieve is up to the individual. Certainly, if you can't find anything at all to smile about in the next 2 weeks, seek help. And seek it sooner if you think you should. You know yourself. It's one of the things bc teaches us.
Meantime, please know I feel foi ya. Suki sounds wonderful.
Hope
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