Remembering pets after owners die

Waterbury Republican-American ^ | January 25, 2009 | Josh Shaffer

[Graybeard58]

[Niuhuru]

There’s no love and acceptance than like that of a pet.

[SJSAMPLE]

The Egyptians had ideas about this.

Just sayin’.

[PGR88]

This is lovely and sentimental, but it is only borne of a rich and peaceful society as we have enjoyed in the USA these past decades.

Sorry to say it, but for the most of history and human society, people have kept pets so they can eat them later on.....

[bpjam]

I would put a bullet in somebody before I would let them kill one of my dogs.

But, seriously??? Do these people think their pets are going to read these stupid obituaries? I’m not entirely convinced that obituaries are a good idea in the first place since anybody who matters to you should be told about your passing not by a newspaper but by somebody else who knows and loves you.

My dogs will miss me dearly when I am gone. But writing them a love not in a newspaper will not do anything for me or them. I’ll leave that part to God.

[bpjam]

...oh, and my wife. Can’t forget about her.

[Tax-chick]

The newspaper has probably added a field for “surviving pets” to its online obit-submission form. If you build it ...

[Twotone]

I wish everyone felt so strongly about their pets - AND understood their responsibility to them. A sweet little black & white kitty showed up at my mother’s door a few days ago. She contacted the local humane society & was told there’s a big problem with folks just abandoning their pets. Well, this little one has a new home, but how cruel...

[Tax-chick]

Many people have been turning dogs in to the shelters here. I suppose cats are more likely to just be put outside to scavenge.

I thought the article would be about making provision for the care of pets when one dies, which I think is the only responsible thing to do. My great-aunt would adopt older dogs from the Humane Society, because she didn’t want to outlive one. She lived to be over 100, so several little old dogs predeceased her.

[goat granny]

I recently acquired a senior dog from LDDR via a foster mother. It started with my daughter sending me emails from Craig's list of adoptable dogs. I kept telling her to stop it as I had a dog and didn't want another. Well,one night I was bored and went to Craig's list for animals in my area from there I clicked onto a link to Petfinders. After several hours on line I found LDDR. They are “Last Day Dog Rescue”. They go into kill shelters and rescue dogs due to be killed the next day. My new adoptee I fell in love with when I read her story and saw her picture. She is old, (so am I and my other dog). Her owner died and no one in the family wanted her so they turned her over to the shelter. These shelters keep an animal for only 3 day. Since being saved from the shelter she has been on a long journey but finally found a home here. The rescue is quite fussy about who they let adopt there dogs and I filled out a 2 page application. But she is now part of my family. With 5 adult children and 13 grandchildren, she passed muster on Christmas day. Not just me but everyone else loves her...

[Tax-chick]

I’m so pleased for you and your new dog! We adopted a greyhound in December, and everyone loves her, especially my husband. I expect we’ll be hanging out with greyhounds into our old age, since they’re so quiet!

[Canedawg]

I am in the process of having my will drawn up and made sure that my pets will be in good hands if I pre-decease them, and I have spoken with the persons involved with that to make sure everyone is on the same page.

The thought of an obit did not cross my mind and it is not something I worry about.

[gorush]

We bought a house that came with a dog. He was a collie/malamute mix. He came with the house when the sellers bought it and they didn't spoil the dog at all.

He was matted and raw and a fabulous dog. He would chase down rabbits as he was used to fending for himself.

We cleaned him up and enjoyed his last 7 years, he lived to 16. He was Rex, The Wonderdog, and a finer dog you'll never meet.

[Poser]

“We adopted a greyhound in December, and everyone loves her, especially my husband. I expect we’ll be hanging out with greyhounds into our old age, since they’re so quiet!”

It is amazing how a dog that can run that fast is about as laid back and mellow as any animal I have seen.

[goat granny]

What a gorgeous dog...it had to be an act of love to clean up an almost all white long haired dog....I am sure his last 7 years were worth it..:o)

[DollyCali]

hugs, understanding sigh & PING!

[eyedigress]

My step-father who now lives alone adopted a greyhound. That dog tunes out all distractions and just wanders around. I guess a product of his training.

[yorkie]

The first nine years of his life, Rex was waiting - knowing there would be love...........

And, now, Rainbow Bridge has a great collie/malamute mix named Rex, teaching all the other dogs how to catch a rabbit.

[gorush]

[Slings and Arrows]