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re: Do you think dogs experience Grief when their owners die?
Posted on 8/22/24 at 1:34 pm to BowDownToLSU
Posted on 8/22/24 at 1:34 pm to BowDownToLSU
Absolutely.
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Posted on 8/22/24 at 1:35 pm to BowDownToLSU
Posted on 8/22/24 at 1:35 pm to caro81
quote:Yep. And you're a veterinarian, aren't you?
Grief is a pretty complicated emotion and as much as i love dogs, they just don't process the world that way
Posted on 8/22/24 at 1:36 pm to BowDownToLSU
A Good Boy
An old dog sits,
In a field alone,
With the grass growing round,
In a garden of stones,
Too old to give chase,
And too tired to attack,
As he waits for a master,
Who's not coming back,
But he still remembers,
When he was a pup,
Hunting mice down the path,
And the crickets back up,
As the boy, his companion,
Grew into a man,
Chasing frogs down the road,
And the girls back again,
He was there for the laughter,
And there for the pain,
He heard all his confessions,
In snow and in rain,
When the king called the young men,
To go and attack,
He did not understand,
Why he didn’t come back,
Each morning he’d wake up,
And whimper and yearn,
As he pined for the day,
That his master returned,
Then a long car pulled up,
Filled with men in suits black,
In a box made of ash,
Would his master come back,
He licked at his face,
But felt only a chill,
And now under a stone,
master lies, ever still,
A dog knows next to nothing,
Of war, and of hate,
Only knows about love,
And for master, to wait,
There he’ll stay ‘til the end,
In this field filled with stone,
Making sure that his friend,
Knows he’s never alone
When his eyes ever close,
From mortality freed,
Master's waiting to say,
"You're A Good Boy, indeed."
An old dog sits,
In a field alone,
With the grass growing round,
In a garden of stones,
Too old to give chase,
And too tired to attack,
As he waits for a master,
Who's not coming back,
But he still remembers,
When he was a pup,
Hunting mice down the path,
And the crickets back up,
As the boy, his companion,
Grew into a man,
Chasing frogs down the road,
And the girls back again,
He was there for the laughter,
And there for the pain,
He heard all his confessions,
In snow and in rain,
When the king called the young men,
To go and attack,
He did not understand,
Why he didn’t come back,
Each morning he’d wake up,
And whimper and yearn,
As he pined for the day,
That his master returned,
Then a long car pulled up,
Filled with men in suits black,
In a box made of ash,
Would his master come back,
He licked at his face,
But felt only a chill,
And now under a stone,
master lies, ever still,
A dog knows next to nothing,
Of war, and of hate,
Only knows about love,
And for master, to wait,
There he’ll stay ‘til the end,
In this field filled with stone,
Making sure that his friend,
Knows he’s never alone
When his eyes ever close,
From mortality freed,
Master's waiting to say,
"You're A Good Boy, indeed."
This post was edited on 8/22/24 at 3:39 pm
Posted on 8/22/24 at 1:39 pm to Jake88
quote:
Yep. And you're a veterinarian, aren't you?
i am, but im not a dog psychologist so dont take anything i say here with authority
i fix em when they are broken, dont pretend to understand the weird stuff they decide to do.
Posted on 8/22/24 at 1:42 pm to lsupride87
why are you such a contrarian piece of shite? is it just a schtick here?
Posted on 8/22/24 at 1:44 pm to Thracken13
quote:Im the contrarian piece of shite who is agreeing with the Vet in here?
why are you such a contrarian piece of shite? is it just a schtick here?
It’s amazing how emotional people get about dogs. I say I don’t bemeife they have the capacity to grieve, and have been personally attacked multiple times
This post was edited on 8/22/24 at 1:45 pm
Posted on 8/22/24 at 1:49 pm to BowDownToLSU
I've read somewhere that dogs can understand death, so that if an owner or a companion pet dies, if the dog is allowed to sniff the body, they know the owner or other pet has died and it is easier for them to move on, they don't think of it as abandonment.
Posted on 8/22/24 at 2:00 pm to texn
they certainly do!!!
Posted on 8/22/24 at 2:00 pm to BowDownToLSU
About 30 years ago I had an uncle who went into the hospital and when it became clear he wasn’t coming out they allowed him to go to a part of the hospital to see his dog who wasn’t doing well either in just the few weeks they were apart. I didn’t witness it but was told it was pretty emotional. However whatever good it did was pretty temporary because she died a month or so later, just a few weeks after he did.
What’s odd is the dog was also pretty close to my aunt and two cousins with one of them still living at home with them and the other visiting regularly. And most of the time, between the 3 of them, they were around the dog more often than he was. He kept long hours running a restaurant returning late most days while also spending any off days at his fishing camp. It goes to show how much those times when my uncle was actually around meant to the dog.
What’s odd is the dog was also pretty close to my aunt and two cousins with one of them still living at home with them and the other visiting regularly. And most of the time, between the 3 of them, they were around the dog more often than he was. He kept long hours running a restaurant returning late most days while also spending any off days at his fishing camp. It goes to show how much those times when my uncle was actually around meant to the dog.
Posted on 8/22/24 at 2:16 pm to BowDownToLSU
Some dogs and some breeds more than others, but yes.
You would grieve too if your food provider died and you had no way to eat.
You would grieve too if your food provider died and you had no way to eat.
Posted on 8/22/24 at 2:32 pm to BabyTac
quote:
most of those are assigned to its own needs and desires.
Anecdotal, but my opinion is that your opinion is way off. My daughter feeds and takes care of our dog, he wants nothing to do with her. He just doesn't like her.
Posted on 8/22/24 at 2:45 pm to HoustonChick86
quote:
100%
not even a question
Posted on 8/22/24 at 2:47 pm to SlowFlowPro
quote:
Each day, for the next 9 years, 9 months and 15 days, Hachiko awaited Ueno's return, appearing precisely when the train was due at the station.
Damn.
Posted on 8/22/24 at 2:52 pm to CBandits82
Pretty sure a dog would have zero trouble eating your corpse if he was trapped in the room for a few days.
This post was edited on 8/22/24 at 2:53 pm
Posted on 8/22/24 at 2:58 pm to WG_Dawg
quote:
*Jurassic Bark closing image*
You bastard.
Posted on 8/22/24 at 3:06 pm to fr33manator
Posted on 8/22/24 at 3:12 pm to Barstools
quote:
f you took a human baby from their mother at birth she wouldn't recognize the baby as her own after a few weeks either.
Dogs stay with their mother for two months or longer.
This post was edited on 8/22/24 at 3:14 pm
Posted on 8/22/24 at 3:27 pm to BowDownToLSU
Dogs have the same chemical released when they see us that we have when we see someone we love/missed. They're scientifically proven to feel love.
Posted on 8/22/24 at 3:49 pm to SlowFlowPro
I visited Shibuya station in March when I was visiting Tokyo. Tons of people taking their picture at the statue.
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