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The
hardest thing you'll ever have to deal with...
Letting
Go
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Ed
Frawley's 'Tribute to a Friend' is not particularly pretty.
It's raw and filled with the pain of watching that 'one dog' get old
and ill and kidding yourself that it isn't time yet to face that
final, terrible decision to put your best friend to sleep. If
you've ever had to do it, you'll understand how hard that decision
is to make and remember your own pain and maybe your own mistakes
when you read what he has to say about deciding when to let go.
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Sometimes,
letting go brings more bitterness than peace.
When
your best friend dies young, the victim of the ignorance of vets,
or a genetic disease you never knew your chosen breed carried since
no one, even the breeder, warned you of it, I don't know that it's
possible ever to get over the heartbreak.
Thunder:
Ehrlichiosis risticii
Hagan
von Truman:
Epilepsy
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Sometimes,
it's bittersweet when you walk your old friend, not so far any more
or so fast, just you and her enjoying it while it lasts, ambling
along in the easy acceptance of old age.
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