The unconditional love a dog provides cannot be duplicated and when you lose one it’s horrible
I cry a flood every time one of my dogs die
Fwiw getting a new dog to care for you will help lessen the pain
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We had to put our Very Good GirlTM down a few months ago. Saw it coming a long ways off and prepped emotionally, but the first thing I saw afterwards was her empty food bowl (save the two pieces of kibble she didn't finish - that image is still seared in my brain). That put me on a cleaning frenzy for about an hour before I finally lost it.
I haven't lost my father specifically, but based on other family losses, the pain is orthogonal to losing a dog. Losing a family member and losing a dog simply aren't measurable to each other.
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The unconditional love a dog provides cannot be duplicated and when you lose one it’s horrible
I cry a flood every time one of my dogs die
Fwiw getting a new dog to care for you will help lessen the pain
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Yes to that.Originally Posted by bobman
Here she is a little more than a year ago, I thought I had a good 5 left with her.
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Betsie, Nov 23, 2009 - July 12, 2021
She went quickly. Within a few days she was listless, and started to self-isolate. An x-ray and fluid draw showed her thoracic cavity was full of blood, and lungs were compressed to 1/3 size.
It helped that I buried her, and made a small gravesite. I plan to put perennials inside the stones (Jacob's ladder?), and engrave the headstone.
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We did get a second dog Feb 16 (8 w.o.). It was for my daughters, but turned out to be for me. This fellow keeps me from looking backwards too often.
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Exactly. This doesn’t go away. But you change some. We collect different kinds of losses through life.
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Hahaha look at the little guy, why so serious.
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I'll take whatever tone I please with you pal. Even better if you were here in front of me right now. I've got two dogs by the way and there is no way their lives are equivalent to a human life, especially a close family member. Did your father beat you?
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Since you didn't publish my earlier response to tough guy Jovan (and yes I would use that tone right to your face son), I'll try again. I have had pets all my near 60 year life. I have two lovable dogs currently. Would I be sad if they died, of course. Would I be sadder or more affected if a close family member (father/mother wife/kid) died yes. Most people would say the same thing I would think.
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No, but my mom did. Frying pans were the favorite. Look, you decided to interrupt a perfectly normal conversation in which people were trying to console one another about the loss of a pet, and you did that by being extremely rude. Instead of continuing the argument, try doing some soul searching.
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Hey, dudes! An outside observers perspective. this is an emotional subject, but allow me to observe, as someone who lost a dog as a child, has one now, and lost his father to medically assisted suicide a couple years ago ( i was in the room with him, boy does that scramble a guys brain, but you do these things for people you love), you are both right. There IS no wrong answer here. And my father did beat me a few times, so what? Any way this could be brought down a notch? agree to disagree and all that? Sorry if its none of my business.
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Dunno, I don't have a personal desire to agree or disagree with anyone on the topic of death. Mainly because I never claimed losing a dog is harder than losing a person, I just said I took it harder.
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