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Crossing the rainbow bridge today, ilysm Juneau (thelemmy.club)
submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by WeirdyTrip@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/dogs@lemmy.world
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Just let go of Juneau, 14 years old, adopted him 12 years ago. A true fetch fiend, and a great guard dog, he was ever vigilant even to his last days. My head knows it was his time, but my heart is fucking ragged right now. RIP Junebug ๐Ÿ’–

Edit to add: thank you all for your support. I am pretty deeply introverted and don't have many people to lean on. Being able to share this part of his journey has been very helpful with this heavy heart of mine. Thank you all and take care, and for those of you with pets of your own, dote upon them a little extra for me ๐Ÿ’–

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[-] FaceDeer@fedia.io 11 points 5 days ago

I hung on to my first dog several weeks longer than I should have. I know it's rough, but hopefully in the long run you'll feel that you did the right thing by him letting him go at the right time.

IMO the best way to approach life is to try to maximize the number of good days in it and minimize the number of bad days. I'm sure in those 12 years you gave him plenty of great days.

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