A big sweet baby.
My heart goes out to you and your family, Scott.
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Originally posted by widgeon13
It's very hard for people who don't have pets to understand what the lose means ...
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Years ago on the Phil Donahue Show (remember him?), the topic was pet loss.
A dozen or so folks sitting up on stage telling their stories.
One woman told of losing her husband and how she dealt w/her grieving by having their German Shepard sleep next to her, its head on her husband's pillow, etc., so she could hug the dog. Then months later, she had to put down the GS.
Her weeping from deep within her gut brought tears to my eyes.
When she was telling of how she placed their GS's head on the pillow, the audience began to openly giggle and snicker.
I was astounded.
Out of the blue, a psychiatrist stood up in the front row, turned around to the audience, and began to chastise them.
Paraphrasing: "What we have here is the very human reaction to loss of relationship. A relationship is a relationship...whether between humans or between animals and humans. Loss is loss...the grieving process can be the same for the loss of a pet as it is for the loss of a close human. In some cases, the grieving process is much deeper for the loss of a pet because of the experience of unconditional love that they bring."
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We animal lovers know it as something very special, don't we?