I Can’t Unsee My Dog’s Final Moments

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🗓️ 27 March 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Ten-year-old Brooke is having a hard time handling the death of the family dog, especially since she was there when he was put down. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live
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0:08.9	serious xm triumph 111. Mom and Brooklyn welcome to the program. Hi Dr. Laura. Hi. Hi Brooklyn how old are you?
0:19.2	I'm 10 years old and what can I help you with? Well recently we had to put our
0:27.7	border collie Australian Shepherd mix down it was last day and it's been just really hard for me. I'm having to learn like a whole new normal and everything so I just want some advice on how to kind of cope with it because anytime I think about him, it's not, you know, him running around, it's him in the vet's office being put down.
0:51.0	Well, that's not because you have no memories of him running around.
0:55.0	You have memories of him running around.
0:57.0	So when you start, okay, what I want you to do is picture the vet's office.
1:02.0	Okay.
1:04.0	And the moment, what's your dog's name?
1:06.0	Luke.
1:08.0	Mick got the shot, the last shot. Were you holding Mick? Yes, it's Luke. Oh Luke, okay. I'm misunderstood.
1:21.7	So you were holding Luke as Luke passed.
1:24.6	Mm-hmm.
1:27.4	And what were you thinking while they injected him? It just didn't seem real like this can't be happening. It's not real.
1:40.8	Yeah, that makes sense. That makes total sense. So how long have you had
1:45.8	Luke? Um, well, we've, my family has had him for 13 years. He was a month away from
1:52.4	turning 13, but I've known him since I was born.
1:56.7	Got it. So what's the silliest thing Luke ever did that you remember?
2:03.0	Silly.
2:04.0	I remember?
2:05.0	Yeah, not that they told you, but that you remember watching.
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