That's a really sad reason to say goodbye to a friend you've had for the past 15 years. Either way, I sympathize. I got my dog (english springer spaniel) in 2000 and just had to put her down last year. Cancer was spreading and she'd no longer eat, no longer had the strength to get up and move by herself. We nursed her for two weeks with a liquid diet via syringe down her throat and carried her outside to let her relieve herself when we finally came to terms with the fact that she wouldn't get better, and you could see in her face that she lost the will to live.
Saying goodbye when the time came was by far the hardest thing I've ever experienced this far in life. Hope you made the right decision.
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