It has been two years and a half since my beloved pet Lele went back to heaven.
I still miss him sometimes, and still cry a bit when I am thinking about him. I cried not because I feel sad, but the fact that I miss the time we were happily together.
Remind ourselves that pets have shorter life span than human is important when we decided to keep a pet.
Yes, our beloved pets will leave someday before us.
When our pet is getting old, remind ourselves of this fact again. It is painful when we first think about it, but then we would start to pay more attention to it and spend more time with it. When you are holding them, remind yourself to remember this feeling, remember how its fur touches your skin, remember its weight, remember the eyes when you both look into each other's.
When your pet is really old and needs intensive care from you...you know it's time to prepare yourself for losing it anytime, however..we should also be grateful that it goes away because of aging...or unfortunately if it goes because of sickness or by accident, it is now relieved from pain...it is always the natural process of life.
Yes, it is painful to see our pets turn old and not being able to eat and run like before at some point of time because of weak bones and teeth. Just do your best to comfort them...
I remember on the day when I lost Lele, I couldn't cry at first, I stared at his stoned body, I wonder what was happening. When I consciously understood that this doggie of mine wouldn't move ever again, I cried so hard. The is the second time I lost my doggie.
The first time was about 12 years ago, she was a baby pom, beautiful and adorable. Unfortunately, she got really sick after about a month and the news revealed that the pet shop she was staying was a 'sick pet shop' with Canine Distemper, a nearly incurable disease that attacks the nervous system and the brain of the poor doggie. Even if the doggies are cured, they are very likely to live with huge side effects. All the poor doggies there were affected, including my Bobo. Very short life of hers, about 8 months, we loved her so much. The vet suggested us to put her down to end her suffering, I knew that's the best thing for her, but I just couldn't say the word 'yes', because I was not strong enough to put a full-stop to her life.
A few days late when I woke up and checked on her, she didn't move a bit. I touched her head softly with my index finger and told mum that she doesn't moves anymore.
1. Tell yourself the truth and accept it.
2. Let yourself cry all you want because you are really sad, don't hold back your emotions.
3. Organize all the things needed to take care of their bodies.
4. After doing all these you could find the picture of your pet that you like the best, go print a big one and frame it with a nice frame.
5. Sit down and be quiet when you have time, flip through all the pictures you both took together, remembering the good times, and let yourself cry more if you need to, and remind also to yourself that now our beloved pets are living happily in heaven, no pain, no aged body, but happiness, happiness and happiness.
6. If you think it's comfortable for you, talk to those who know your pets...talk to them about all the happy and funny things about your pets, laugh and be grateful about what a wonderful time you've spent with them.
When I look at Lele's photo I smiled cz I am so thankful that he's been accompanying me for so many years, which I am sure, without him my life would be so dull.
When I see pets in the shop I am still so excited and wanted to bring them home, well they will still be the same story, having shorter life span, however, the happiness they bring will surely be more than the pain.
And the fact is that, no one can take away the moments we've spent with our beloved pets and these good memories will be a source to motivate us in many ways in the future.
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