My daughter once at a tender age grew quite attached to one of our cows, which we lovingly called "The Red Cow".
I told her many times not to get attached to that cow, as it was soon to be called "dinner".
Well the day came and the red cow disappeared, and she went about her daily life without issue until we brought new meat home from the locker plant.
At which time she decided the meat was especially red, and and she asked if this was the red cow sitting on her plate.
Yes, I replied, it's the red cow. She started bawling at the dinner table and refused to eat meat for a week.. lol.. poor thing.
But hunger finally won, and I think she grew up a little after that.. I felt kind of bad, but that's what our animals were for, we either sold them for slaughter or slaughtered them for food.. it's just life.
But decidedly more difficult to eat your pet. Or in your case eat food near your pet.. lol..