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You are not a horrible pet owner. I remember when I was a kid, I was devastated when my cat got cancer and had to be put down. This was decades ago but I still remember it: a family friend knew how upset I was, and told me the white lie that all bodies can and do break down, but the spirit is eternal, so there's a good chance one day a cat, or dog, or bird, some animal will cross my path and it's really my cat, but in a new body. I guess he didn't quite want to use the word reincarnation but it helped. You are not a horrible pet owner for making the call that had to be made. Out of the dozens of pets in my life, only one of them has ever died peacefully in her sleep (Dixie, an ancient ex-coon hunting dog, who was beaten by her past two or three owners.), and for all the others, I've had to make the call. It's quality of life that is the issue.
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