HI, Sorry to hear about your moms dog I know how you all feel I myself have had to send my dog to doggie heaven she was a great friend, she lived to a ripe old age of 13 but she had a intestinal disease and it was causing her to become grossly thin and affecting every organ all though you would never of known it she could barely get up at one point but yet she would find the strength to get up and greet me at the door when I came home ,with her toy in her mouth barely able to wag her tail in joy that I was home. It took everything in me to say ok enough is enough she is suffering and its not fair to her to keep her in pain just cause I dont want to let go of her, so I did what I thought was right and that was to let her leave this world and me with some dignaty and there fore I let her go to doggie heaven were she can be healthy and were her spirit lives for ever frolicking around being happy once again  and thats how I got through it all, hope this helps a bit and dont blame your selves or any one for doing the right thing by sending pup to doggie heaven  and giving her the right to leave with dignity.

I'm so sorry to hear about your mom's dog.  It was the right thing to do, I know she wouldn't have wanted her baby to suffer.  I had received an email not too long ago about a man going to heaven, I can't find the email so I hope I get this right.  The man found himself walking down the road toward the pearly gates, when he got there, the man there told him his dog could not enter, he loved his dog so he left and went back down the road he had come on, down the road he saw a beautiful farm, he said where am I to the man at the gate, and the man said this is heaven, he said what was that back there?  The man said, "it wasn't heaven, no place with out our beloved pets could be."  The email story was better written, but I believe that heaven is Love, and we love our pets, they are probably going to be at the gates of heaven wagging their tails welcoming us home.  Again I'm sorry about your mom's dog, I hope this might bring you some comfort.  Michele