tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post6873702969784339616..comments2024-03-27T12:58:00.592-07:00Comments on Snowbrush: More of beforeSnowbrushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-12644174713286940582015-11-07T17:21:32.974-08:002015-11-07T17:21:32.974-08:00I miss pets that have passed so much. After a cat ...I miss pets that have passed so much. After a cat passes I always say never again because it's too painful but then I think of all the cats that need home and I get another one.Ginnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686450030075980690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-64493112526729489182015-11-05T21:10:57.901-08:002015-11-05T21:10:57.901-08:00Growing up, I never had a dog, just one cat. Our f...Growing up, I never had a dog, just one cat. Our family had dogs, but they were claimed by my siblings. I was afraid of dogs and still am. Then, just lately, I discovered I am allergic to both...sigh. I would never harm a cat or dog, but am not overly fond of either. I have actually conquered my fear to go and untangle dogs who were choking or in the rain because their owners were bad pet parents. <br /><br />When I become fond of an animal and it dies, I am highly discouraged from getting too close to another.<br /><br />After I divorced I got a Border Collie and was training the puppy. Sadie was hit by a car, so I vowed I would never have a dog until I had a fence. I still don't have a fence. <br /><br />I have had cats and want a cat, but when my cats died, I could no longer face getting a cat, either. <br /><br />Chickens make nice pets. Really! But, I screamed so when my Fancy died in front of me in the den where I brought her in acage to care for. BF who was here was so disturbed by my screaming. I was in shock for days and depressed over her death for months. I like my other chickens and care for them tenderly, but Fancy will never be replaced. She was a loving chicken who talked to me all the time. <br /><br />I do love your expressive posts about your pets!Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14991571309786149363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-80932047271108920652015-11-01T21:46:05.046-08:002015-11-01T21:46:05.046-08:00Great post. I had to read in between the line with...Great post. I had to read in between the line with the captivating introduction of this post.<br /><br />But honestly, your post exposed me to know more about dogs and pet generally. I never knew people could reserve love for pet like you do.<br /><br />In this part of the world where I belong, keeping any form of pet is not really as popular and fun as you do over there.<br /><br />I have never keep a pet, not even my family and am not planning to keep one. In order not to be guilty of keeping a bet, you really need time and commitment which I dont have for now.<br /><br />But from your post, its really an eye opener for those who intend to keep one.<br /><br />How are you doing?Uthman Saheedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00932760816409731382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-3562992583578258132015-11-01T10:37:40.057-08:002015-11-01T10:37:40.057-08:00i've had shelter dogs for the past 30 years an...i've had shelter dogs for the past 30 years and they're excellent beasts. they've has issues to deal with but all in all i think a large shelter dog is infinitely superior to a purebred decorator dog.<br /><br />have you watched deadwood yet?billy pilgrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00128876723713271131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-73947097172625152872015-10-28T21:34:27.315-07:002015-10-28T21:34:27.315-07:00First of all, hello! It seems I've finally bee...First of all, hello! It seems I've finally been able to settle down after running for over a year. I'm able to catch up with my favorite people and their lives, writings, ideas, thoughts, etc. <br />In all the running I made sure I kept track of my cremated dogs. They stayed safely with me. I just can't part with them. I can completely relate to what you wrote. It's nice to be back. xoxoxo DivaThe Bipolar Divahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05449793830455116918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-36759895053211838642015-10-27T09:12:56.412-07:002015-10-27T09:12:56.412-07:00I love your writing about pets. I relate to your ...I love your writing about pets. I relate to your feelings re: mourning, missing them, valuing and loving them. I too wish I could become Vegan because I respect the lives of animals. I always consult with Peta on how to repell not kill bugs (little lives) that sneak into my house. But I still eat cheese and eggs. Perhaps, I'll change, but I know I won't today. Needless to say, I love my two dogs, both rescued boxers and have loved all the ones that have shared my life. Thank you so much for this and the previous post. You express what I feel.Myrna R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15088915165678737118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-91400603393213780952015-10-26T13:35:23.538-07:002015-10-26T13:35:23.538-07:00here's a religious statement for starts: how c...here's a religious statement for starts: how could anyone creating a universe be so cruel to give dogs such a shorter life span than their human families?!<br /><br />i have loved and mourned every dog I've ever had. i'm a 100% shelter advocate for all the reasons you mention. it took our stella two years to truly feel safe with us, but her deserved transformation was so gratifying. you may remember that our last rescue dog, chase, didn't work out for him or us. we all tried, but he was unhappy and i think in large part because he missed his track mates. we returned him to the greyhound group and they found a home for him among other greyhounds. this was the first time in my life i relinquished a dog and it was very sad but the right thing for him. <br /><br />bonnie looks like quite a doll of a dog. a spunk…..<br /><br />we dog people know things others don't. <br /><br />love<br />kjkjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15122196887043345981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-16061904897960235422015-10-26T04:53:33.238-07:002015-10-26T04:53:33.238-07:00I've been around dogs for as long as I can rem...I've been around dogs for as long as I can remember, and when each had moved to the great beyond, it did hurt for a while, but I was able to move on from the grief. Same goes for cats. I'm on my 2nd cat, and while the grief was real when the 1st passed away, I was able to move on with the 2nd cat.<br /><br /><a href="http://gbmjrflashy.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Father Nature's Corner</a>G. B. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09783331838434598963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-28552770982709197402015-10-25T15:39:39.734-07:002015-10-25T15:39:39.734-07:00I'm very impressed by Bonnie's intelligenc...I'm very impressed by Bonnie's intelligence! The only pet I've ever had who was truly clever was a rescue kitty who had lived as a stray for around 2 years (and had at least one litter of kittens) before she asked me, from her cage at the Human Society, if she could come home with me. Outdoor pet cats are the next most intelligent, followed at a long distance by pet cats who are never allowed to roam free. Although it's true that the world is a dangerous place for animals, keeping them inside and protected all the time makes them grow up into sucky babies. I mean, very sweet and loveable sucky babies, but nothing like my childhood cats that had the run of the neighbourhood.<br /><br />My parents brought home a Persian kitten when I was in high school, and that cat had no end of health problems. I got very practiced at giving her eye drops, ear drops, and pills. She did live to a ripe old age, eventually succumbing to kidney failure, poor little fuzzy wuzzy.Sparkling Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12799366562472325812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-20031892160162274322015-10-25T08:58:37.258-07:002015-10-25T08:58:37.258-07:00Very sad to hear her decline. I finally had to qui...Very sad to hear her decline. I finally had to quit reading. got a lot of things going on myself these days. Can't bear the sadness. Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-76347704800224054822015-10-25T06:49:06.669-07:002015-10-25T06:49:06.669-07:00Fantastic post. I have come to know so much about ...Fantastic post. I have come to know so much about dogs after reading your post. I once tried to have a dog but I had to give it away because I could not manage it.<br />Here is something which happened today in my town Kochi.<br /><br />Kochi: Industrialist and Stray Dog-free Movement chairman Kochouseph Chittilappilly flayed the Director General of Police for saying that action would be initiated against those who kill stray dogs. Chittilappilly is staging a 24-hour hunger strike at Marine Drive on Sunday demanding solution for the stray dog menace in the State. He came out against all those who are against killing of stray dogs.<br /><br />Chittilappilly began his hunger strike at 10 am and several from film fraternity, social and cultural leaders expressed solidarity with the strike. Even when the state had taken an approach of how to deal with the violent dogs, the DGP’s strong statement provoked the industrialist.<br /><br />Chittippilly also criticized Maneka Gandhi who is a minister in the present government and alleged that she too is at the receiving end of the companies which manufacture the anti-rabies vaccine. Those coming out in support of stray dogs have ill motives, he alleged.<br />Joseph Pulikotilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07074346261093541776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-5140503171856564802015-10-25T06:27:14.196-07:002015-10-25T06:27:14.196-07:00We sure do love our pets, don't we. And I'...We sure do love our pets, don't we. And I'll agree that putting down your old dog is one of the saddest, and most memorable, occasions you'll ever experience in your life.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611148987085476580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-21655236253195620302015-10-24T19:58:13.865-07:002015-10-24T19:58:13.865-07:00I think my dog Taffy had lung cancer and he was ne...I think my dog Taffy had lung cancer and he was never around smaokers, either. Maybe it's a thing for dogs. <br />I say I think he did because he was an old dog who gradually got slower and less active. Eventually I realised that he had only gotten up for the toilet for a whole weekend, no checking on where I was or nosing the kitchen for scraps. The day after I realised that, he was in obvious respiratory distress and I didnt want to drag him to a vets only to put him through a consult and find out what I already knew. I waited for the kids to get back from school and had him euthanised. He had laboured hard to get outside to check out the vet's van and we let him stay there and go to sleep peacefully with his family around.<br />Taff was a rescue dog who i chose in the hour of his looming execution. If I ever own another dog, it will be another rescue.kyliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08964475783207438103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-81672535257971497402015-10-24T14:56:25.665-07:002015-10-24T14:56:25.665-07:00We've had several dogs over the past thirty ye...We've had several dogs over the past thirty years and we've always gotten rescue dogs. I don't have pedigree papers and I don't care if my pet does.stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-88522849866415775362015-10-24T14:13:42.937-07:002015-10-24T14:13:42.937-07:00What a lovely post. Thanks for sharing your though...What a lovely post. Thanks for sharing your thoughts & feelings about Bonnie & I had to laugh at Brewsky bless him.<br />I've only ever had one dog, Monty I grew up with him & he was gorgeous. When we lost him I never wanted another. That was 56 years ago.<br />I've had a few cats over the past thirty years, all unwanted ones, strays, cats on their way to be put to sleep & from so called friends? who no longer wanted their cats!!!!<br />We lost the last one 3 years ago & like you I just can't face losing another one. The house feels desperately empty & I miss the funny things cats do but my husband says another young cat would outlive us & it wouldn't be fair to take one.<br />I've thought about fostering an older cat from the Cats Protection League, but I'm still worried I'd get too attached to them. <br />I totally agree about breeding dogs & cats for money. It's immoral!<br />Sad about your friend Jerry, I hope his cat finds a good home.Winifredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12415302188575538163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-46522164989914419222015-10-24T13:24:12.924-07:002015-10-24T13:24:12.924-07:00In my life, I've had "dogs". I say ...In my life, I've had "dogs". I say it that way because to me they were JUST dogs. Let them loose and they get hit by a car. Get another one and tie it to a tree. Holy crap. Someone should have shot me just for being so stupid. I learned better with Lucky (our Bichon) that loved to hide from me and when I'd find him, he'd run through the house laughing. Hey, it was his way of laughing, not mine. And when he was being euthanized, I said "Let's go home now" and he moved his feet as if padding to the car. His last memory, I hope. Beau crawled up to me, dying, and I brought him home to show him love until he passed. 9 hours of non-stop petting in my lap and his tail wagged. Then he looked up and licked my face. Six years later, he's facing a terminal illness and I'm doing for him what I would do for myself. Drugs can be more cruel than the disease, so "no" drugs. To him I am god, and like god, I'm just as powerless, but I'm full of love just as Beau has for me. Beau saved me as much as I saved him. I regret the years I was too ignorant to realize they are actually our superiors on many levels.THINGS YOU'D NEVER GUESS ABOUT MEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10627183704637063465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-50241423983373136322015-10-24T11:52:27.126-07:002015-10-24T11:52:27.126-07:00My father used to chastise our German Shepherd by ...My father used to chastise our German Shepherd by beating her with a blade of grass. It was his voice which hurt her most.<br />Some animals do hate, loathe and despise anything which causes them a loss of dignity. And who can blame them?<br />I am with you in missing and mourning some animals I have known more than humans. Much more.<br />How long will Smokie stay with you? Are there any other options for him?Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.com