Losing a pet-someone who is part of the family

Within this week one of our dogs passed away. Even though he was old and lived a really long and good life it is still something that you can't prepare yourself for.

We all knew that his time would come sooner or later to leave this world and go to 'doggy heaven' but even though you try to prepare yourself for it, it still hits you hard. My sister found our 17 year old daushound in our pool. He spent most of his time in his kennel and we think that he was on his way to find a place to pass away. Unfortunately along the way he passed on and then fell into the pool.

The fortunate thing is that he passed before hand and didn't fall into the pool and drown. All of our animals are part of the family especially for my mother and sister.

Once he had passed we decided it was better for us to take him to the vet and ask them to bury him for us.

It is hard to realise that he is gone and I think about him quite often but am glad that he has gone to a better place. Losing a pet in our family is like losing a family member. We will always remember him!