Vet issues plea after dog attempts to follow owner when being put to sleep

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A vet has made a heartfelt plea to dog owners whose beloved pooches are coming to the end of their life. The medic penned an emotional statement online lamenting at how 'depressing' it is to watch owners behave in a specific manner when their dog is close to passing away.

The vet took to Reddit to urge those who attend a veterinary surgery because their dog is dying to not leave the animal, as it can have distressing consequences, the Mirror reports.She wrote: "I will always try to give grace and save my judgements on how people are able to deal with grief because everyone is different, but it is depressing to have a dog spending its final moments looking for where their owner went.

I feel like it's the very last comfort you can give your friend, just being there by its side to comfort them. "We had one recently that hit me hard, I just wish it could have ended differently." Explaining how the owner stepped out into the hallway while their dog took his final breath, she said the poor pooch tried to follow his master before his medication hit him.She added: "I am not judging the owner's emotional capacity for grief and I am not saying the dog died thinking 'omg I'm dying alone'.

I'm not even talking about the actual euthanasia, but the moments leading to it. "For those of you saying dogs 'just think their owners stepped out for a moment' are missing it.