When is the right time to put a pet to sleep? Little Lily is not doing good. She is weak and can hardly stand. She gets lost in the house. She can’t see. She vomits, a lot. She doesn’t go for walks nor does she beg for cookies. She is ravaged by age. Yet her heart continues to tick. She is worse at night. We say we will take her to the vet in the morning but by then she is almost okay. Except she has no life or spirit. She sleeps all day. She eats a little. The evening comes and she gets bad again. I know she isn’t going to get any better. She doesn’t seem to be in pain, exactly. With Kiwi, it was so clearly time. Kiwi had congestive heart failure and she couldn’t lay down and she couldn’t breathe. We had no choice but to take her to the vet and have him administer the shot. Lily is just old. Really, really old. I feel so helpless and I don’t know what to do. Poor little Lily.