Gr☺uch☺: I know it does hurt tremendously, i have always put the loss as the same as losing a child. We had a cocker spaniel when i was 6 and we had to have him out to sleep when i was 18. It was devastating, he had one of his concvulsions, adn afterwards, he sat in his basket, and looked at me and my dad, like to say " I have had enough, please let me go" So my dad took him to the vet, held him in his arms whilst he went to sleep, it brings a lump to my throat and a tear to my eye, even talkign about it now.