I'm so glad that animals arw finally being included in memorial services! Sometimes the pet is the only family an elderly person has! And including them makes the transition easier for the pet!
I agree with you 100%. I have a standard Chihuahua. When Im sad, he gets on my lap, hind legs on my lap, from legs one on each shoulder, and presses his face into mine. Yup,, he gives his version of a hug. Dogs truely are amazing..
When we lost our rottie, her son was still with us. My parents dug a hole for her and placed her in it. They said they let him stay near her open grave, and he cried and just layed there for a long while. They have big emotions. I think more than we give them credit for.
I once had 2 miniature dachshund s ,bonded pair male and female. When the male became ill in old age and was dying the female sat with him all day every day grooming him, trying to encourage him to eat and generally taking care of him. After he passed away and was burried she sat in vigil by his grave for a few days and wouldn't move from there. She gave up eating and decided to give up her life for him.She passed away exactly a week after the male.
@Bigdre Fromthebay they are soo loyal. He was soo close to his mom. Kicker was. My parents didn't tell me they were putting her down until after they buried her. I'm still not over that. She was my best friend and I always wanted to lay with her. Than I got really close to the boy. He needed a friend more than anything after that.
When my Grandfather was dying our Maltese wanted to get to him. If we let him he would not let anyone near him. Rocky loved my Grandfather so much. When he died Rocky stared at his empty chair. They do have deep feelings.
My husband passed away on March 30th and our Cody was given the opportunity to take his moment with him before they took him out. He sniffed him head to toe and back slowly twice and then he licked his face 4 times and jumped on his chair and watched them take him out and away. He sat in that chair for the next 4 days looking out the window and didn’t eat or drink anything during that time and only wanted to go out to go to the bathroom and then back to the chair and window. Today he is in his chair and waits for him to come home. He would not go into our bedroom and cried at the bedroom door. He knows that when I am crying I need him and he comes to me instinctively and gives me affection. We both miss him! Everyone around us tries to tell me that I need a small dog and he is too much for me. I feel like we are connected in ways that they don’t understand and I can’t trade him for a new model. I Love Cody and he Loves me and we are here for each other!
That just breaks my heart hun, they really are so precious and I know I’d be lost without my little boy by my side. I really do wish you all the best, an I hope great things happen for you
Thank You and I agree. I make my decisions and no one else is going to make me do anything to make or convince me to “trade” my best friend for a new model. They don’t understand the bond that forms with our furry friends. God knew that we needed each other and I told them that I am not going to allow them to tell me what to do! Especially concerning my Cody. When we didn’t know what was happening with my husband’s health, Cody knew. He kept putting his nose against his throat in the exact place where the first squamous cell carcinoma was found. We rode together 5 days a week and waited in the parking lot as he had chemotherapy and radiation treatments. Cody is an independent soul and generally prefers to sleep in his bed. He began jumping on our bed and sleeping on top of my husband’s pillow with his nose next to his throat. They said that they thought they may have gotten the cancer as it was too small to detect. They did new tests of cat and pet scans and found that his cancer had spread to the other side of his throat and lungs and original cancer was still there and growing back. They did a lung biopsy and collapsed his lung. My husband told them that he was not going to do any more treatments and was ready to face his future. They never removed the gtube in his stomach and 2 days before he passed away he sat up and forcibly pulled it out. He could not eat, chew, swallow or speak audibly. Cody laid at his side until his last day. No one is going to force or convince me of anything that concerns Cody or myself. My grown grandchildren drove to California and moved me to Arizona so they could help me as I am legally blind and don’t drive. I appreciate all that they are doing for me. However, Cody is my family and lifelong companion and I am firm about that! We need each other!
We lost our Yorkie a few years ago and our cat Marley who was her best friend mourned for Lacey for 6 months or more. They used to play Hide n Seek with each other and Marley would walk around looking in Lacey's hiding places looking for her. Some people may not think animals grieve a loss but Marley sure did. We've had other dogs since Lacey but she's never bonded with the others like this. RIP Lacey and just so you know Mom still has the BIBLE you chewed the corner off of and we think about you every Sunday when we see it.
I honestly believe that we are watching domestic dogs evolve emotionally. I think we're going to see more dogs having the ability to truly cry (different from whining), adding more ways to connect with humans and to express themselves emotionally.
@@kessiawright1710 Interesting 🤔 did you know that over time dogs developed eyebrows so that they could communicate better with humans? This is why I say I believe that we're watching dogs evolve right before our very eyes. 🐶 😄
I remember when my dog died; her daughter yelled for a week. We basically cried together. It was so sad. I then discovered that they have deep emotions just like we do. 😢
Awww Breaks My Heart To See How He Misses Her, Dogs are Family, They Bring Cheer To Us and They Are So True and Vulnerable and Grateful and We Love Having Them around too! May God Bless Our Pets with Happy Homes and Long Lives ✝️💙🙏🕊️♥️🐕🐩🐕🦺🐶
@@RLF1 I understand my friend. I think you will be so pleasantly and adorably surprised. God is also your Best Friend, and He cares about what you do. He obviously won't indulge the sinful nature by any means. If look at scripture His Word says that we all will give account of our lives, including the animals. His creation is His and He loves even more than we love. He places our furbabies under our care to be good stewards of caring for their needs and really they are His just like everything else. In Proverbs says that a righteous person takes care of the needs of his animals. And none more righteous than my Jesus. We may be counted higher than the animals, as in the set rulers of the earth to care for it and multiply; God still takes care of the birds, the dogs, cats, horses, sheep, and all of His creation. I'm not saying this to try to seem self absorbed or anything like that, just want to encourage others in the Lord and of the Lord that God is trustworthy and faithful. He loves you and He loves them.
@@jessiebarker3510 You are an angel! Bless you for stating the obvious. Father is concerned with what concerns us. Hope to meet you someday in Heaven. I'll introduce you to my precious furbaby Jazzy! Just lost him 6/22/23. Worst day of my life. So hard to move on. 💔
This broke my heart so much. We lost our Lab of 13 years and it was pretty hard on our other dog. They were inseparable the bond they share, and friendship was truly remarkable. Dogs are such a gift from God.🐾🐾🤍
This is so very true, when my Beloved late Husband passed away, our dog 🐶 Tiffany stopped eating, she wouldn't go for her walks,etc. One day I was in a store telling someone about Tiffany, when an older woman said, your dog is grieving, she told me to wrap one of my husband's shirts up, and let Tiffany lay on it, about 3 months later my Tiffany passed away, we always say,I can see Gene and Tiffany walking together happily around Heaven ❤🤗🌹
every energy here on this earth has emotion. Please keep him loved and well hugged. We are not the only beings on this earth with feeling and emotion's. God has a place for our animals too 🙏💕
I have a small dog & we had a rottie, little guy was here yrs b4 our black beauty & I honestly never would've thought the impact it'd have on my lil guy if she wasn't here. I had to put my girl down last oct & my lil guy has not been the same since, he's attached to me 24/7.
Very touching! He will always remember his friend. I hope he is able to deal with the death. I have had pets that suffered from the loss of their sister. It took a lot of care and getting a new puppy to help! But, he was still forlorn at many times. I knew he was remembering her. ❤
You nailed it. I've tried to explain this to others but they don't understand. I also believe that all animals are capable of this kind of love, after all our God the Father created all animals...😁😁🐕🐕
I lost one this past January, my other dog mourned her hard, sometimes she cried so loud I could hear her from a another room in the house. We got another dog to try and help her (and me), it helped her a lot...I still cry now and then.
I completely agree. It’s so sad that they have such a short lifespan. But as they say, “it’s better to have loved and lost than to never love at all”. They leave such an impact. 💕
OMG! I knew they grieved, but didn’t realize it was to this point of crying…I feel so sorry for their loss of a family member. I always have thought of my pets as family; because they were always loved as one. 😢
I've thought that ALL my life. When my cat Harley was dying in my arms, I told him Sissy would be waiting for him at the Rainbow Bridge. When I said Sissy, Harley stretched out his body & eyes wide open, like he was saying Sissy? Then I told him it was ok, I was letting him go (rather than make him stay for me) & he died in my arms.😢😥.
It is true. We hated seeing our bigger dog mourning the death of our smaller dog at my mom's house, it was the saddest thing. I'd come over often just to spend time with him to try to help him get through the first couple of weeks.
Oh that poor baby really misses their companion, buddy, and best friend. So much love, so much sadness. Makes you want to hold and cherish the ones you love from all walks of life!
OMG… SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS OTHERWISE I AM SPEECHLESS..!! Both the Memorial service is BEAUTIFUL AND I HOPE THE BABY MISSING HIS BUDDY MAKES OUT OK SENDING LOVE AND STRENGTH 💕🐾💋🌈💕🐾💋🌈💕🐾💋🌈
My dog died too. I have cancer too like that dog. She was old. She was so nice. We even had so much fun we played together. We feed her. We will take her outside to use the rest.😢
Now I’m crying. Animals do have feelings and dogs will always be loyal to their owner. But they have many memories of all the fun they had with their fur buddies. 🙏
I know this is off topic but people that have pets please make sure that you've made arrangements for those pets I don't care what your age is or your health is like you never know what will happen in those creatures depend on you and believe in you and love you look out for them even when you're gone
Thanks for saying that. Your buddy (buddies) will be lost without you. So try to make plans with family/friends so they have a home, family, and love if anything happens. I made plans and know that my buddies will still be together in a happy home with someone that they know.
Couldn’t agree more man, as humans we have so much going on in our lives but when it comes to our pets we are there whole life and they deserve to be taken care of till the very end no exceptions
