I am so sorry for your loss. I can't imagine the heartbreak after all the special care you gave Simon, to only lose him to a tragic accident. My heart breaks thinking of what you must have gone through.
I think it's only human to look back and ask why this happened and what if you did something different. There are many of us that look back and ask ourselves the same thing. It's apparent you loved Simon very much and would never have done anything to hurt him.
I lost my baby girl 3 months ago and found sharing my story and receiving support from people here has helped me immensely.
Hold onto the love you shared.
Hugs xoxo

im so sorry for your loss,and to such a tragic accident after all the love,care and healing you done for him.you never done anything to intentionally hurt him,it was just a tragic accident and you loved him so much and took brilliant care of him,so try to let up on yourself with the guilt.i lost my dog clay on june 20th last and the guilt and shock nearly killed me.its being on here and sharing my experience and feelings and getting support thats got me through it,its the hardest thing ive ever been through,he was only 7 and i thought id years to go with him he was my baby.i totally understand how your feeling and can feel your pain,remember your not alone,i know what the physical pain from missing him is like,i have it everyday.again im so sorry for your loss and how it came about,it was a cruel twist of fate and im sure you will see your baby again someday as i hope il see mine,hugs to you xx

I'm so sorry for your loss. My heart goes out to you. I feel your pain and I know those nasty "what if" feelings, but please don't surrender to them. Sometimes some things happen that are simply outside our control. You've obviously given your boo boo the best love and care. I'm sure we'll see our babies again, that's what keeps me going. Hugs, take care!

It was an horrible accident-as example you hear about everyday when someone accidentally backs over their own child. You rescued your little friend-you gave it love and a home and when it was sick you cared for it. What happened was just an accident that you did NOT mean to happen.

Thank you for the support. It means everything to me. I'm grateful to all of you for sharing your stories with me as well.

I am so sorry for your loss. I feel horribly guilty as well. My baby died after drowning in our backyard pool over the summer. We were sitting close by in the house with the screen door wide open and never heard a sound. It all happened very quietly. Scout had been outside/inside his whole life and had lived in a variety of different environments apartment, house on a farm, suburban house with an in-ground pool. The pool we had here was above ground so he had to jump on it somehow but he had been around it all last summer never went near it nor showed any interest in it. I never in a million years thought he would get in that pool but he did somehow.

I trained him as a kitten to come to the sound of me clanging on his food dish when I wanted him to come inside. I never let him stay out past dark. That day I went out in the front yard near a tree he liked to take naps under and called him and clanged on his dish but he didnt come. Went in the backyard,did the same thing and glanced over to the pool where I saw him floating. I dropped and broke his food dish and ran and fished him out and was screaming. I was panicking. My fianc came out and tried to give him CPR but it didnt work, he had already died and we never heard a peep.

I cant get this image out of my head or the thoughts of him suffering before he died. I try not to think about it too much because it starts me crying. Its so cruel he died this way only a year after we found our forever home. I hope wherever he is he forgives me for not saving him.

Scoutsmom...our pets are the most unconditionally loving beings on this planet. There is no doubt in my mind that your little fur baby is blaming you.