Facing Farewell: Making the Decision to Euthanize Your Pet

An absolute must-read for every pet owner. Having had to help make the end of life decisions with my family for our several "family" dogs & cats over the years, I know how hard it can be for one person to make these decisions and how complicated it can become when you are having to decide with other people. We also process grief differently, and it inevitably influences our decision. Most people will tell you after the first time, that they would do things differently the next time, but this book would have been a great tool to have the first time around, and the second, and the third and so on. I love this book because it helps you frame death from the perspective of the animals and better understand how to make the best decision for them. I have already given my copy away and plan on giving it to a few others.

I am emphatically for anything that helps with one of the worst decisions a pet owner can make. This book is well-written and well thought out. It helped immensely during the last months of my senior dogs' lives.

Very nice book, not done with it yet, but so far it pretty much covers everything, very well written book.

We had to put our beloved dog of 14 years down in 2008. I mourned for a long time & I still mourne not having him. Even though I know & truly believe he is in a much happier place with no more pain. He was always such a comfort to me. I have M.S. and started to think he was just hanging on to take care of me. His age & the obvious pain he had through arthritis was what helped us make the final decision. On our way to the Vet. that morning, first of all my husband had to pick him up & put him in the car while I climbed in with him. On the way, several times he just looked up at me & seemed to be saying "It's o.k. mom, I'll still be with you." Needless to say, there were still a lot of tears shed by me & my husband. But we knew in the end that we had made the right decision. I'm a big believer in being reunited with him someday. We will both be healther & will be able to run & play like we both were able to do when he was young & before my own disease deteriorated. I look forward to seeing Murphy again.

Wonderful!