Posted on 05/02/2023 10:37:43 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Well, I’m sorry for your loss, Dennis.
Reflections on the death of a bulldog.
Very well written.
Condolences. I know what loved family members pets can become. Losing one is like losing a child.
That is quite old for a bulldog, though. They have a lot of chronic health conditions.
Such a painful part of life. Pets are family.
See you at the Rainbow Bridge Otto. I lost one 14 years ago and it damn near killed me. Still hurts. The Bridge is only hope. So sorry Dennis.
We lost our beloved Nesmo and Maxie two yrs apart..they will always be family..now we have Simmie a Husky, great dog we love him so much..cant imagine our lives without our fur babies
“The more people I know, the more I like my dog.”
So very sorry. My sweet Lab, Lucy, is terminal. I’ll be where you are within a couple months at most
Awwww.....so sorry to hear about the passing of Otto. May he RIP. Being an English Bulldog owner for over 30 years now, I know how Dennis feels. I hope all those wonderful years full of memories help to fill his heart with smiles as he thinks back on them.
I wish him luck finding a new pup to make new memories with. Having had many breeds over the years, until you spend your time with an English Bulldog, you don’t understand the connection you get from them. There really is something very special about this breed. They are like having a perpetual 2 year old who constantly steals your heart and makes you smile every single day. And I hope Dennis gets that special bond once again with a new pup.
Nah. Dogs are special. They have served man for thousands of years. A pack animal like no other because of thousands of years of socialization and working with man.
” it is well known that people who are cruel to animals are very likely to be cruel to human beings”
This is not true (according to crime statistics) but shows the reach of “animal rights” activist propaganda. It is also one of the things that dehumanizes people. The big excuse to make felons out of people who are cruel to animals is that it is a form of pre-crime prevention.
Dogs make man happy as their best friend. God wants man to be happy, so he allows dogs into Heaven............probably not cats though.
Praeger always writes excellent, insightful, warm essays.
He wrote “I have been troubled by the many people who announce that they do not want children — and then refer to their dogs or cats as their ‘children.’”
I agree with him wholeheartedly. On a related note, I am REALLY put off by the massive increase in the use of the term “fur babies” the past ten years to describe pets. Our local NextDoor app posts are chock full of “fur baby” usages. Ugh.
I have been through the loss of dogs many times. I like to have dogs of different ages so that when one passes I have a younger one to soften the blow. And no they do not replace children. I am not a “pet parent”.
I like dogs a helluva lot better than I like a lot of humans.
Sorry for your loss. These beings are special. We had six companions since we retired from the Corps. Unfortunately, two were “lost” on the highway. A beautiful rescue German Shepherd up and disappeared. And other, a Corky rescue, somehow got destroyed in our woods along the river at the back of our home. I have looked them all in the eyes… there something there. A spark of Unconditional Love! “If there are no dogs in Heaven then I want to go where they went.” - Will Rogers.
The Hebrew word for "dog" is "kelev." As Hebrew has no vowels, the word is actually spelled "klv." Those three letters can also be seen as a contraction of "kol lev," understood to mean "wholehearted." It may be coincidental. But I no longer think so.
And of the Exodus generation it was Caleb ("dog") of the tribe of Judah, and Joshua ("Yah[weh] is salvation") of the tribe of Ephraim who entered the Promised Land.
Our cats are our “grandchildren” because we will never have real grandchildren.
It’s rather toungue-in-cheek, but we do love them.
So many in this nation have their priorities mixed up. Sorry your dig died.
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