Rob, one of the Pearls of Wisdom that my father shared....
...was that every pet's story ended the same way. This is the burden that we take on when we take them into our lives. We live for 70-80 years, they live for 10. By definition, we accept that we will watch them age and die. For this, we get years of unquestioning love, loyalty, and affection (well, unless we are talking about cats....in which case they barely tolerate our existance...). We keep 3 dogs at all times because I love dogs. I know that I will watch them all die. I am as sentimental as anybody (and I get VERY sentimental when my dogs die). It hurts when they die becuase of the emotion that we invest in them (and them in us) during their lives. As Will Rogers said, "If they don't allow dogs in Heaven, I want to go wherever they went." When it is my time to go to, I will have one heckuva large Welcoming Committee waiting for me, and my two-legged friends are simply going to have to sit back and wait until my four-legged friends are finished saying "We missed you." because my dogs are all very special to me.
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- Dogs’ lives are too short. Their only fault, really. -
Rob Leahy,
2012-03-31, 17:11
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- Dogs’ lives are too short. Their only fault, really. - John Meeker, 2012-03-31, 17:44
- Dogs’ lives are too short. Their only fault, really. - AkRay, 2012-03-31, 18:06
- I have said it before, there can be no heaven without dogs.. - Hobie, 2012-03-31, 19:47
- Dogs’ lives are too short. Their only fault, really. -
Jared,
2012-03-31, 20:44
- it was told once to me that - Lloyd Smale, 2012-04-01, 10:00
- I am so sorry Rob, truly. they are our true friends - cable, 2012-03-31, 21:03
- Rob, one of the Pearls of Wisdom that my father shared.... - Glen, 2012-03-31, 21:19
- Sorry to hear this Rob - Jhenry, 2012-03-31, 21:35
- Rob, This poem was given to - JohnB, 2012-03-31, 22:41
- Ah, shoot. I'm sorry about this, Rob. He looks -
brionic,
2012-04-01, 00:36
- Ah, shoot. I'm sorry about this, Rob. He looks - Frank S, 2012-04-01, 06:47
- So sorry Rob, it never gets easier to lose a best friend... - Brian A, 2012-04-01, 09:19
- Heartfelt condolences, amigo. (n/t) - JLF, 2012-04-01, 10:55
- We are sorry for your loss, Rob. We still miss Max :( - Sarge, 2012-04-01, 20:51
- Oh Rob. I am so sorry. - Hoot, 2012-04-02, 08:18
- Condolences - Drago, 2012-04-02, 08:51
- Dogs’ lives are too short. Their only fault, really. - Art, 2012-04-02, 17:19