I have a large tub on the patio with a beautiful Acer in it. There's the ashes of two horses, three dogs, two cats all surrounded by a ring of my late wife's ashes. When I walk past I get two nahs, three barks, two meows and moaned at.
I used to have a border collie and when she was about 8 we got a white lab boy puppy. She looked at us as we introduced this large ball of fluff, almost thanking us for bringing her, her baby. She mothered him, even started producing milk. He was more than happy with the attention and the...
My Springer, Ruby, has just had her 14th birthday. She is now deaf and beginning to stiffen up after a walk. She sleeps most of the time. She was definitely my late wife's dog. Being that she couldn't work due to illness Ruby had her around all the time. When my wife died which Ruby witnessed...
You did the right thing.
Problem with dogs and cats they are good at masking pain and therefore are normally in a bad way by the time we find out.
We have had to do it a number of times now and it never gets any easier.
RIP Obi