Anyone else felt a deep love for an animal?

[DarkishFriend]

I know when my dog that I had gotten as a puppy, and nearly lost once, died I felt almost numb inside. I knew exactly what was happening as I was 15 and my dad told me what he planned to do. I found out that he was gonna die soon on Christmas when one of the guests felt his throat and noticed a large lump, something that was causing him problems breathing and eating. My dad put him down because the lump had gotten too big for the dog to eat. I understood completely and I didn't want the dog to suffer. I didn't really cry until 2-3 months later when I was on the phone with a girl I really liked. I guess the emotions came out when I felt I could express them. I loved that dog, he was the best dog I've ever had. As a puppy he was playful and loving, and when he got older he came inside and became a part of the family. He calmed down and slept on my bed every night until he was put down. I got a dog now, and I want another one, and the dog I have has currently seem me at my worst times because of growing up pains, teenage angst, etc. I love this dog, but it doesn't come close to what Rex was. Rex was the dog I will always compare the new one too. He was the cutest and sweetest black lab. I miss that dog so much.

Just wondering if anyone else has loved an animal like I have.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

Just wondering if anyone else has loved an animal like I have.

I lost my dog a week ago. [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.312228-Farewell-A-thread-about-pet-deaths-and-the-celebration-of-life#12639989]

He watched me grow up through Elementary school to University...

God I miss him. I could talk about him endlessly but I'll condense it to a massive:

[HEADING=2]YES, I HAVE FELT DEEP LOVE FOR AN ANIMAL[/HEADING]

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[DarkishFriend]

Just wondering if anyone else has loved an animal like I have.

I lost my dog a week ago. [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.312228-Farewell-A-thread-about-pet-deaths-and-the-celebration-of-life#12639989]

He watched me grow up through Elementary school to University...

God I miss him. I could talk about him endlessly but I'll condense it to a massive:

[HEADING=2]YES, I HAVE FELT DEEP LOVE FOR AN ANIMAL[/HEADING]

...

Guess you beat me to the thread creation. No shame in loving an animal. I can't imagine what it would've been like if Rex had lived that long, because I would've lost one of my best friends when I would've needed something to hold so much.

I guess the reason I made this thread was because I just noticed that my cat's eye is darker than the other and my dad said it was basically like cataracts. I realized that the cat is 12 - 13 years old instead of the 9 - 10 I thought. Which means right around the time I get done with college the cat will probably need to be put down. I hate it because I've had this cat since the first one died around 6. He's so adorable, he's an all black cat that loves attention to the point where he'll bump his head against objects for you to pay attention to him.

 

[thiosk]

If someone attempted to injure my itty bitty kitty bucket bus I would hang them from the ceiling and do things so unspeakable that the director of the centipede movies would make a documentary about it.

 

[Kenbo Slice]

I'm very attached to my dog and my two cats. I love them!!!!

 

[Link_to_Future]

I have not.

Don't get me wrong, I love my family's pets. We have a colorful cavalcade of dogs wandering around entertaining us and one cat who can I'm patiently waiting for to kick the bucket. I've always enjoyed the company and quirks of the dogs and I'm always glad to see them whenever I get home.

That said, I can't say I feel a connection that deep with any of them. My thoughts on why?

Because they aren't mine.

The dogs all seem to favor someone else in the house because I have not lived there on a solid basis for the last five years. They've all grown attached to one of the members who they are always around and will favor them whenever possible. Sure, they're always glad to see me and quick to play when I walk in the door. But none of them are my dogs. I'm never going to be one of their favorites and by extension they will never be mine.

One day when I'm living in accommodations that allow for pets, I will get a dog. Talk to me then...I fully expect to love that creature to the best of my ability. Hell, I get excited just thinking about it.

Just one more year... *sigh*

 

[DarkishFriend]

I have not.

Don't get me wrong, I love my family's pets. We have a colorful cavalcade of dogs wandering around entertaining us and one cat who can I'm patiently waiting for to kick the bucket. I've always enjoyed the company and quirks of the dogs and I'm always glad to see them whenever I get home.

That said, I can't say I feel a connection that deep with any of them. My thoughts on why?

Because they aren't mine.

The dogs all seem to favor someone else in the house because I have not lived there on a solid basis for the last five years. They've all grown attached to one of the members who they are always around and will favor them whenever possible. Sure, they're always glad to see me and quick to play when I walk in the door. But none of them are my dogs. I'm never going to be one of their favorites and by extension they will never be mine.

One day when I'm living in accommodations that allow for pets, I will get a dog. Talk to me then...I fully expect to love that creature to the best of my ability. Hell, I get excited just thinking about it.

Just one more year... *sigh*

Completely understandable. The reason I love the animals I have as much as I did is because they were like my own pets. I know my dad cried when he put down Duke, because that was his dog, I was too young to be able to attach myself to the dog. I came home one day and Duke wasn't there and my dad said that the dog had died in his sleep. He didn't want to tell me that he willingly put him down. I kinda moved on because I didn't know the dog as much.

Pets dying absolutely sucks because, unlike humans, I believe that dogs, and cats to some extent, understand loyalty completely. My dog would die for me if it came down to it, I don't many people that would do that for me, but having something like a dog that loves you like that is so rewarding. The dog is always happy to see me, even when I'm not happy to see it.

 

[Liquidcool]

I like our cats but I don't think I'd give much of a shit if they were gone one day. My sister's parrots, on the other hand, are noisy as heck and I would love to get rid of them. Sometimes I fantasize about squeezing their little throats between my thumb and forefinger.

 

[daniel the immortal]

yes my pet chicken

RIP kazooie

 

[Sectan]

I had a cat that was as old as me. 17 years old at the time. I didn't cry, but it just felt so weird not seeing him in the house or outside. For about a month afterward I felt like something was missing at home.

 

[Magicmad5511]

I've owned cats and have cried intensely every time one of them has passed.
Actually the only pet I haven't cried for was on of our pet rats and that's mainly because it was the last of the bunch so it had lost it's sting because I'd already seen 3 others.

 

[Trippy Turtle]

Yeah I had a dog named beans. I was so sad when he died and I'm still not used to him not being there when I get home from school.

 

[Fieldy409_v1legacy]

Yes my sheep dolly, she was the only who understood me and my special needs...

 

[Not-here-anymore]

Even though I spend a lot of time at university nowadays, and have practically moved out of my parents' home, my dog still seems to prefer me to other members of the family. The feeling's mutual.
Had her for nearly 10 1/2 years now, and it worries me a great deal that she might pass whilst I'm on the other side of the country.

 

[DarkishFriend]

What do you guys think makes people love animals so much? For me, as I said before, it is probably entirely upon that my dog is probably the most loyal living creature to me. This dog, even if it doesn't process thoughts like humans do, possibly loves me. If not, the dog relies on me and is willing to die so I may survive. The dog is always happy to see me, it is man's best friend because it comes with complete loyalty and none of the flaws and shortcomings that human's have.

 

[Killclaw Kilrathi]

I lost both my dogs last year, both of whom I had for about fifteen years. They both died from untreatable conditions that slowly advanced and gave plenty of warning that they weren't going to be around for much longer, but it's still weird that they're gone.

 

[FrostyChick]

I remember when my first dog died. I remember exactly how I felt when I heard about it...
Absolutely nothing, not even a single tear. I just kept on going. Not looking back. (I was about 10 at the time, and this was a dog that had been in the family since before I was born)
My reaction to pretty much every pet death in the family has been pretty much the same. There might have been one or 2 that I had been saddened a little by, but it was a fleeting thought, there for an hour or 2, and then gone.

 

[TacticalAssassin1]

Nah, that's illegal where I live.

 

[Macgyvercas]

We had to put my dog down two weeks ago. We've had him since I was 10, so he was with me for half of my life up to this point. I really thought of him more like a person than an animal, and he was my best friend.

In short, I'll repeat what Redlin said, because it holds for me too.

[HEADING=2]YES, I HAVE FELT DEEP LOVE FOR AN ANIMAL[/HEADING]