Sue Perkins reads a tribute to her beloved dog Pickles

In our humble opinion, this is one of the best letters about pets ever written.

Here's Sue Perkins reading her own wonderful, hilarious letter to her beloved dog Pickles.

Originally read at the Union Chapel, London.

[crazyphan]

“”I thought I could save you, I really thought I could. Because I didn’t believe someone as alive as you could succumb to something as ordinary as death.”
This line wrecks me every single time I hear it. This is universal, not just about dogs or pets, but also about those people we have lost to horrific battles and incurable diseases.
What a beautiful bittersweet tribute.

[juliepenn]

I'm sitting at work, bawling my eyes out and blowing my nose. I have a very sick & beloved little Cavalier at home who is on his last journey so Sue's letter really hit home for me. What a beautiful, heartfelt, spot-on, priceless letter it was and it gives me courage that I too may carry off the ultimate deceit when the time comes. Thank you, Sue, and Letters Live for sharing.

[marjoryconnors]

Dear Sue, You are a treasure. You are a joy and any pup would be proud to be a companion of yours.

[cherylwilkinson]

That made me laugh and cry. She could have been writing about my dog Louie that I had put to sleep a few months ago. He had the disposition of an angel and the appetite of a goat. There was no limit to what he thought was edible. He once ate an entire bag of self rising cornmeal and coughed up cornbread batter for two days. He destroyed my belongings, caused me to break my wrist so badly that I had to have it pinned back together, and cost me thousands of dollars in vet bills and medications. Louie was a disaster waiting to happen and I'd go through it all again just to have him back again.

[ashstubbings]

I think she said it all. Every feeling, every frustration, every laugh, every cry. Sue Perkins put it all into the words I could never have done.

[LuinTathren]

Two days ago, I had to kill my beloved dog Sheba. And since that moment when the vet put the needle in her leg, I have been agonizing over whether I did the right thing. Should I have waited longer? Did she have a few more months of life left in her? This video helped quell some of those doubts. When Sue Perkins starts to talk about the moment she realized that Pickle was trying so hard to be alive because the dog loved Sue so much. I recognized that. Because I know my Sheba was trying so desperately to make us happy. She'd drag her hind legs several feet just to be in the same room as us. I wouldn't want her to continue that. So while I will continue to agonize daily over whether I made the right decision to end her amazing life, I will be able to counter such doubts with what I learned from this video. And I thank you so dearly for that.

[christinagiannaros]

'all of it for me' is what really got to me. On her last day my beautiful old Burmese cat staggered to the toilet to smooch my legs, our daily routine, her last special goodbye, took her superhuman effort. Animals teach us what pure love really is.

[janetveres]

Listening to this while watching my nineteen and a half year old beauty of a cat make her way slowly to her bed.

[cathycomenas]

So wonderful!!! Thank you....A little over a year ago I had to put my dog Scout down. I would come home to an empty house and fall on the ground sobbing. I swore to myself, being 60, no more dogs. But I have had dogs my whole life. But I am getting old and don't want my dog to be left alone when I die. Well that thought didn't last long. Paloma came to me and saved me. I rescued her and let me tell you Bull Terriers are clowns and they will brighten up your day every day. I just love your letter to Pickle. I can relate to everything said in it. A few months after I adopted Paloma I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She has been such a big help getting me through. A great comfort. I'm in remission now. Paloma doesn't even care that I'm bald now. She loves me.

[EmmaGnillot]

This made me cry. I'm still crying. Had to put my cat down a month ago. It had to be done but I still wonder how on earth I could make that choice. He was alive.
I miss the ordinary everyday things

[joycekaminski]

Dear Sue, You made me cry by putting into words the love and loss of my darling boy, Darby. Thank you so much.

[marilynmurray]

I have had many pets over the years. This is the letter of a true pet lover.

[cak]

Utterly beautiful. I’m watching this with my 10 yr old furry friend curled up asleep at the bottom of the bed. She literally kept me sane (ish ) after my Dad died and accepted all my rants against the unjust world with a joyous tail wag that never failed to cheer me up. I dread the day we’ll have to make that choice.

[kathyhester]

Thank you for your wonderfully sad & funny letter to Pickles. I wish I had a way w/words like you do. My cat, Muffin died several years ago peacefully in her sleep in her bed. I had her for 19 1/2 years. I was lucky that she went to sleep & slipped away, but I will forever be grateful to her vet who sat down w/me & laid out the options. One thing I will always remember is that he said that if I had to have her put to sleep, I should see it as the last act of loving kindness that I could do for her.

[stephjovi]

makes me cry remembering putting down my cat 2 years ago. I wasn`t as brave. I cried the whole time until he finally took his last breath and beyond. Amazingly written and read.

[annetjievz]

Me bawling my eyes out over here. So real and so loving and so tragic. Every Dog lover can relate.

[aatt]

My beloved Sugar also hid her pain and performed for me as if she was all well & happy. Only a pet owner can understand this "unconditional love" from our pets. I finally was willing to let her go because I couldn't handle her pain and sacrifice to keep my denial going any more. I love you Sugar always.

[nicolalunnon]

The hardest and most heartbreaking desision in life is saying goodbye to a beloved dog (or cat or any furry family member). But we can take away their pain and suffering which has got to be the right thing to do even though it will break your heart

[catswirejewelry]

Bawling my eyes out. I don't have a dog, I have had cats and other animal companions, and I could feel every word of this letter so deeply. And now I've got to feed my cats because they deserve it so much even if one of them once again knocked my phone off the shelf today.

[celiabarker]

of us who loves or loved a dog can understand this.