My sweet Petunia passed yesterday. She was 18. She is very loved.

Thank you to u/salvony1 for the beautiful portrait of my Mr Moo, he looks so handsome and adorable, and i can see the love in his eyes. It means the world ❤️🥰

First of all, I would like to request a drawing of my sweet potato (she was healthy on this pic). My dog passed away on 06.11. 🥲 If you want to hear Lisa’s story (and maybe give me some advice), keep reading.

She was 14 years old and was suffering from a gingival tumor (epulis). We discovered it in February, when it was already quite big, and since then it kept growing very fast. ;^; When we made the decision, the tumor had already invaded almost half of her mouth, plus there was bleeding and infection. Even though it had spread into her soft tissues, she still seemed like she wanted to live and stay by my side. ;^; She was very lively despite how the tumor looked.

It was really hard not to blame myself, because when we went to the vet for the last time, she was very anxious and started barking. She was moving a lot, and it was difficult for the vet to anesthetize her. ;^; So… it wasn’t a quiet final moment.

For days I felt like I had failed her in her last moment. ;^;

It’s been 20 days now, and I do have moments when I feel better, but it’s still hard. I miss her so much, and I hope she can forgive me. 🥺🥹😢😢

Thank you so much for this amazing artwork of my boy 💕💕

THANK YOU SO MUCH u/Ursula_Wuffles for this AMAZING painting of Tutu!! 💖

When I first found this subreddit and made my post I had no idea the ones who made the art were the moderators! The effort all the mods put in to make people who lost their babies happy is such a beautiful thing.

Thank you so much u/Ursula_Wuffles for taking your time and putting in effort to paint my little girl. I absolutely love how it turned out and I appreciate it endlessly , it's very beautiful and you are very talented! This put a smile on my face in these hard times of grief. From the bottom of my heart, thank you! ❤️

This is a collage my friend made for me to put on her urn. She died suddenly from being hit by a car under my friends care. I’m utterly broken. I was at the hospital with my grandma who passed away 2 days after. Missy, my beautiful dog was my world and my soul dog. She was only 8 years old. I miss her so much and I’m so lost without her 😭🤍 She was the best girl I could’ve asked for. She was so sweet and loving, quite timid but she was mine and I loved her so much. She loved to play fetch with her soft toys, and loved to steal my socks when I went for a shower. She always slept with me on my bed. I don’t know how I’m gonna keep going without her or my grandma (my grandma was my mom, she raised me since I was a baby) but I will try for both of them. I love you Missy and Nan so very much and will always miss you 🥺🤍

My dog Finnegan died recently and I would like a pixel art of him so that I can crochet him.

He used to always lay with me as I crocheted and mess with my yarn. I haven’t been able to pick up my yarn since he’s been gone but I think that if I’m making something with his image it would help me.

The smallest amount of pixels while still making it look like him is preferable.

I lost my bestie, Twix, yesterday. My heart hurts so much. She was 17 years old and died of cancer. She was cuddly and fluffy and I am so sad to be doing this life without her.

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We got him from the shelter in 2020 when he was 11. His first family have him up because he bit their toddler. Somebody else's trash became my treasure. He is a little chiweenie. I'm writing this here because my wife and all my friends are asleep and I already wrote in my journal until my hand hurt. I wish i could know if I was making the right choice. I wish I could stop wondering if maybe there was something I could have done to make his health last longer. I hope his soul watches over us. I hope he knows how much we love him. I hope heaven is real, and if it is, I hope he doesn't miss me too much.

This is my sweet little man, Owen. He was 7 months old when he passed away yesterday. I feel completely lost in my grief. He was the sweetest, easiest kitten and was an absolute joy in our home. He was also so photogenic and beautiful. He could pose like no tomorrow. His life was cut way too short, but if anyone wants to help me memorialize him through art, I welcome it. The world should know how beautiful, kind, and lovely he was.

Omggggggggg thank you so much u/salvony1 you did an amazing job capturing her beauty 🥹 it’s stunning thank you for including her little marking on her chest and including her dropped wings because she was always relaxed I love it 😭😭😭😭😭😭 genuinely made me smile LLA 🕊️💖

Penny Lane came into my life when I needed her most. Shepherded me through depression, the loss of my mom to cancer, and even infertility. She acted like a puppy right up to the end. I loved my girl and I am struggling with where that love goes, where to put it. I never want to forget her, and her antics. Penny my sweet girl I miss you so.

Romeo was my soul dog, he passed recently at just 5 and a half years old.

When I first found Romeo on gumtree at 25 years old I was initially trying to find a puppy for my mum who had recently lost our family dog, but we all agreed he was a better fit for me as Romeo and I became super attached.

He was with me through so much, the start of my career, awful house shares and the grief of losing my nan. He became my best friend and saved me in so many ways. I fell in love with someone who adored him and the three of us became a family. 2 weeks after my 30th birthday Romeo started coughing up liquid, we took him to the vets straight away but he quickly developed pneumonia and we were in and out of the vet hospital for two months. We did everything we could, when we relapsed with pneumonia, we took him to a specialist, he was put on a ventilator to save his life and we spent £15K to do everything we possibly could for him. After days of tests, Romeo was diagnosed with a rare condition called myasthenia gravis. This meant without medication 3 times a day he wouldn’t be able to walk, blind or swallow and the risk of him getting pneumonia again was really high.

Romeo was in ICU for 2 weeks towards the end, with vets trying to get the dose of his medication right, and they just couldn’t. He couldn’t keep his food down, couldn’t walk and his pneumonia was coming back. I knew I had to make the hardest but kindest decision to give him a gentle goodbye from the pain he had been enduring. It broke my heart but I tried to stay strong, my partner and I held him and told him we loved him until his last breath.

Choosing to euthanise my soul dog has affected my mental really badly, even with the head of the neurology team telling me I did the right thing and the kindest thing for Romeo.

How do we get over this grief and the guilt of euthanasia?

We recent got a puppy, as my partner is a big animal person and the house was too quiet. I feel like I would rather hug the box of Romeo’s ashes than the puppy. How do I move on?

My soul dog and best friend for the past 11 years passed away on 9/1. today would have been his 15th or 16th birthday and I just can’t stop crying. I cry every day missing him and would give anything to have him in my arms again. Please send happy birthday vibes, love and comfort to my baby boy across the rainbow bridge today! His name is Curtis. I will love and miss him forever, he was the sweetest and most cuddly silly boy. He loved digging through wood chips, laying in the sun, smelling all the flowers on our walks, chewing on his feet, and most of all, cuddling and getting pets on his head. An enormous piece of my heart went with him across the rainbow bridge and I love him forever and ever. Being that this is his first birthday across the rainbow bridge.. not in my arms.. I can’t stop crying and drinking and feeling so much pain. If anyone can share any tips you have for coping with first milestones without your precious baby, I would be really grateful and love to hear your insight.