I wrote this letter to our dog last night, the night before surrendering her to the SPCA. It’s been a devastating decision to make and having to add another point of trauma and pain when we’ve already had so much over the past 9 months is something I really didn’t want to do. But I couldn’t escape from the knowledge that I could never give our dog all the things she needed. And I had constant anxiety that one of the many neighbouring cats would come into our property and she’d end up with a council complaint against her and all that that could entail… Nothing feels right with her gone. Even though I know it was the right thing to do.
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