When I was 25, we had to have the dog I'd had since I was 8 put to sleep. Absolutely one of the hardest things I've ever had to do.
I agree with everyone else, talk to your vet and see what they say. In my case, my dog was 19 years old, and had hit the point where she couldn't stand on her own and was obviously in a lot of pain. My vet even agreed to make a house-call for me so I wouldn't have to scare my dog with a drive to the vet, which she'd always dreaded anyway. I always thought that was incredibly cool of her to do that for me, and I don't think she could really know how much it meant to me.
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