I had to close the article. I went with my future in-laws and future wife to put down their dog just a week before our wedding. Now we have our own not-quite 2 year old dog and a 7 month puppy. I had to take the older to the vet this morning to be put under for x-rays and potentially pulling a tooth, and it brought back strong memories of putting down my wife's dog. I'm hopeful for a long good life with these two dogs, but I already dread the day I have to let them go.

I've got an older dog and it got me too. That was quite a touching piece.

I wasn't planning to read it until I saw your comment, got me as well. I have an older dog who's hips are starting to pain her.

Tears flowing down my face. Didn't see that coming.

I had the exact opposite reaction. The details the author includes and the way he tells the story conjures up an image in my mind of the kind of person I want nothing to do with.

The whole article reads like a submarine advertisement about how the author checks all the boxes a stereotypical millennial urbanite is supposed to check.