"Later he told me about those final moments he shared with his pet: 'I'd never had a close friend or relative die, so when the vet asked if I wanted to hold the dog while she put him to sleep, I was afraid I couldn't handle that. But I'd seen him come into the world and figured I ought to see him out of it, too. I'm glad I did. When he fell asleep, then grew cold in my arms, I cried like a baby, but I left the vet's office feeling good about myself and my life with that dog.'"
Myrna M. Milani, The Body Language and Emotion of Dogs, New York 1986, 270.
"The way in which we and our dogs respond to loss should be the final tribute to the quality of our relationships. I'll never forget one such tribute. A dignified old farmer, tears streaming down his face, stood staring at his dog's lifeless form on the table between us. 'Well, there goes the last of Mickey's bad habits,' he said with a faint smile, undoubtedly referring to his beloved Mickey's singular vice: sneaking under the covers after his master had fallen sound asleep. Was my client taking what little pleasure he could from this wretched occasion by noting that he would no longer have to endure this misbehavior? Not at all. What he simply and beautifully communicated was that in death Mickey became perfect in every way because his owner chose to remember all the experiences they shared as good."
Myrna M. Milani, The Body Language and Emotion of Dogs, New York 1986, 270f.
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