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1Rose2025
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Pet Loss Grief/Guilt
50 & Over Community / by 1Rose2025
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 August 31st
...See more After 50 I have lost my beloved dog I had for almost 13 years and while I am learning to deal with not having this companion in my life, I can't shake the guilt. I feel selfish and like a horrible person for not having taken him for more checkups, not having knowing he had a tutor growing inside him and also as I was myself not always well, skipping taking him out sometimes so there would be a long time between times he went out from time to time. On the other hand other than that I took him out and took him where I could and gave him a ton of emotional love but the I had to put him down 6 weeks ago but the pain is still raw when I think of him. He was the love of my life and everything to me. :(. Has anyone dealt with this type of situation before where because you weren't completely fit emotionally yourself you couldn't always take the best care of him. I also feel like a bad person that was too cheap and should have done more blood tests etc. every year but I did do it one time and they said there was nothing although they had told me there was something before tests and then everyone told me they are just ripping you off and that was also part of why I didn't do more tests after that when I saw no symptoms except occasional licking of his side. I saw nothing to worry about and didn't take him in but feel guilty towards end he didn't eat for two days but was drinking I was about to take him in but he started eating frantically again for a day then he threw up and then I had to go get my car fixed by time I came and got him to doctor they said to go to emergency I feel guilty I didn't take him sooner. The guilt is killing me I feel like a selfish, cheap, self-centred person and I don't know how to make up for it now.
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