Comment on Rehoming a pet: How to cope with the grief by Jacky.

Thank you for this article, everything I’ve been feeling was in this article and it helped me have greater understanding of the emotions I’m going through. I had to rehome my beautiful sweet 11 month old boy, we had him since he was 4 months from a breeder. He was sick since we got him, gastrointestinal issues that couldn’t be fixed for more than a week at a time, vets didn’t know what was wrong and all we could do was keep trying probiotics, pumpkin which would help for a bit then stop, chicken and rice and he’d throw up too, slow feeders helped a little bit. The bigger he got the more hair and dander he shed and the worse my allergies got, to the point of flaring up my asthma, kept waking up unable to breathe and not to mention the hives I was getting I was on so many allergy pills and nasal sprays and inhalers I could barely function during the day. We knew we couldn’t properly help his medical issues, and my wife couldn’t bear the thought of me living like this permanently as we are trying to get pregnant and this medicine can’t be taken during pregnancy. All these reasons I keep telling myself, and I even returned him to the breeder who will take better care of him and if able to care for his medical issues and rehome him to a good home, I know all this but I can’t stop missing him and I can’t stop crying. I feel like I failed him when he needed us, he suffered from his stomach for so long and we gave up on him and I feel selfish and guilty about my allergies and wanting a baby. I miss him so much, he was the gentlest soul, he deserves all the cuddles I couldn’t give him and all the love and he deserves to feel better. I pray he’s happy loved and healthy the rest of his life, my sweet baby boy.