Am I a bad man for mourning the death of my dogs more than my father's death? He wasn't a bad father, I just didn't talk with him much. I spent/spend a lot of time with my dogs.
No, you’re not. I was stunned to realize that I cared more about my cat’s death of kidney failure in 1997 than that of my own father in 1984, who abandoned our family and moved to Maine from California after my mother died in 1969.
We mourn most the ones who are our constant companions, two or four legged, it matters not.