Our dog had to be put to sleep end of Feb. this year. She was 12 and we adopted her from a pet rescue when she was a pup. Since she has gone there is a void in our lives but now with ageing and illnesses cannot adopt another. We promised ourselves when we adopted her that should she become very ill or injured that we would not keep her alive for our sakes, and in the end the Vet basically said today is the day.... she brought more joy into our lives than we imagined but I must be honest and say that over the years, because we treated her as 'family' she did get/need a lot of attention being a larger dog, and spouse not well but still braved our freezing winters to take her for a walk, poop scoop etc. and when we totalled up vet bills, good quality food, grooming etc., it was a lot of money.... so impossible for some people especially ill, on fixed income, or older to actually own a dog so it is so nice of pet owners to bring their dogs etc. to visiti, or into long term care homes, etc., so that they can be petted, hugged and loved ... thanks to the owners of pets who do this ... makes a huge difference to their day/s and the dogs love it too.🐕