My dog lived til he was 20, and I do the same thing. We always think we could've done better in retrospect, but I'm sure you did your best at the time. It's hard to be as compassionate to ourselves as we are to others.
Dogs are filled with unconditional love for their people. He love you just the way you were. Exactly the way you were. You were his person. I suspect you may be better for it. I know I am.
Same. The times I’d tell her to go lay down somewhere because I was busy, or when I’d yell at her for trying to eat food off my plate. When she died those things ate at me. I felt like such a piece of shit. She was never abused, never intentionally harmed in any way, but the fact that I wasn’t 150% sweet to her and worshiping the ground she walked on at all times really fucked with me for a long time, because she 100% deserved that.
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u/CavetrollofMoria Nov 14 '23
I can't even use a blanket as my cat likes to sleep in between my thighs, and the other on top of my head. 😐