[ottbmare]

I love my dogs and my horse. The emotion I feel for them is like a dilute version of what I feel for my children. When an animal I own dies, I am very sad for a long time though my grief is not anywhere near as agonizing or prolonged as it would be if a human died. I would not deliberately die for my animals, but I have risked myself for them. I make many sacrifices for them and go to enormous trouble and expense for them—not to spoil them, but to do what is ethical for their care.

[Fawn]

When an animal I own dies, I am very sad for a long time though my grief is not anywhere near as agonizing or prolonged as it would be if a human died.

Really? I hardly cry at all when I hear about a movie star die....but I grieve hard for years when a beloved pet of mine dies..

[Fawn]

When an animal I own dies, I am very sad for a long time though my grief is not anywhere near as agonizing or prolonged as it would be if a human died.

Really? I hardly cry at all when I hear about a movie star die....but I grieve hard for years when a beloved pet of mine dies..