text: Many people have experienced the loss of a childhood pet, but for one little boy, a funeral for his goldfish was almost too much to bear. The pet in question? A goldfish, named Top. Brooke Geherman, from Alberta, Canada, posted a video of her young son, Kowen, sending off his beloved pet the right way: by flushing it down the toilet. Young Kowen is devastated by the loss of his pet goldfish, Top, and holds a toilet funeral . The home video is filmed by mother, Brooke Geherman, and sees Kowen stood in the family bathroom, cradling his deceased goldfish. She asks her son: 'Who's Top?' Kowen responds by pointing and responds solemnly: 'This one.' The young boy cradles the fish before kissing it repeatedly in a heartbreaking move . In a heartbreaking move, the young boy then proceeds to kiss the lifeless goldfish repeatedly. Canadian mum Brooke then asks: 'Where are you going to put him?' He gestures at the toilet and answers: 'In the toilet'. At which point, the boy drops the goldfish down the toilet and flushes it. As Top begins to circle the bowl, he looks at his mum in a mixture of surprise and shock . As the goldfish disappears, Kowen realises he will never see Top again and tears start brimming in his eyes . As the goldfish circles the bowl and disappears from sight, Kowen seems to come to the realisation that he will never see his goldfish again. He looks at his mum with tears brimming in his eyes, before bursting into tears. As he becomes more distressed, his mother comforts him, and he cries on her shoulder, shrieking the name of the fish repeatedly . The video is aptly captioned: 'Boy loses best friend'. It has so far racked up 374,551 views. One user commented comfortingly: 'Don't worry little boy, there's plenty of fish in the sea...' To which another user replied wistfully: 'But only one Top.'
target: Brooke Geherman posted video of her son, Kowen on YouTube .
  Young boy, from Alberta, Canada, cradles his deceased goldfish, Top .
  Kowen performs funeral by flushing goldfish before bursting into tears .