Reply to: Mourning of a dog

[Dalek Supreme]

While on the subject - has anyone noticed disappearance of DimPrawn...

I exterminated him in disgust after he was voted poster of the year.

[PRC1964]

Last year our cat died.

Mrs PRC wanted it to be buried.

So being the galant man I am I offered to bury it in the park.

I head off with the cat and a garden trowel, drop cat in nearest wheelie bin and spend 1/2 an hour in the pub.

Result.

[lilelvis2000]

I was more upset about my cat dying than one of my grandparents. Didnt take time off work for either.

We're not a close family.

I never even met my grandparents, so when they died I was like "who?"

I think when my cat dies I'll be wondering what I should do with the body? cremate or just bury in back garden. I'd say, let the worms have her!

[Sockpuppet]

I'm here hopeing my cat dies soon so I can stop feeding it. Mind you, she is cute, but I doubt I'd miss her. I'd just get another one.

I was more upset about my cat dying than one of my grandparents. Didnt take time off work for either.

We're not a close family.

[Churchill]

It was like eating the dog - but that came much later and somewhat spoit Christmas dinner. You don't find many 4 legged turkeys!

A dog is not just for Christmas day, get a big one and you'll have enough left for sandwiches on boxing day!

[BoredBloke]

I think the mayfly has to be the perfect pet - No getting attached to them little buggers.

When I was younger, when we first moved to the farm, my folks bought some 6 day old bullocks. They were so young that you had to put a finger in their mouth and put their heads into the bucket so that they would drink their milk. So they were really hand reared. As they were the first ones, each one had it's own name. Over time there was only one which was like a pet - Greedy. Even when he was bigger and after we had his nuts cut off he would still come up to you in the field to let you pet him. You could even sit on his back and he'd plod round the field with you. And then we ate him and his mates. They were chopped up and some were sold, but each freezer bag had the name of the cut of meat and the name of the animal it came from. It was like eating the dog - but that came much later and somewhat spoit Christmas dinner. You don't find many 4 legged turkeys!

[wendigo100]

Only dog owner I knew was one at Uni, a Phd. Student. He came in one day a bit sad. Explained his dog died, how he'd built a box for it and buried it in the back at its favorite spot. To me that is the "correct" way to handle things.

Indeed. Around here, when they aren't sh1tting on my garden or killing the wildlife, most of the cats' favourite spots are the bins. An appropriate way to dispose of them.

[TheFaQQer]

I'm here hopeing my cat dies soon so I can stop feeding it. Mind you, she is cute, but I doubt I'd miss her. I'd just get another one.

Get a Nintendo DS with Catz instead - cheaper and easier.

And "hoping"

[AtW]

Why? Have you got another "Hot Date"?

While on the subject - has anyone noticed disappearance of DimPrawn...

[Churchill]

Quiet. So we hear your wife says the same about you. Better check your life insurance for any sudden increases

Why? Have you got another "Hot Date"?

[AtW]

Mind you, she is cute, but I doubt I'd miss her. I'd just get another one.

Quiet. So we hear your wife says the same about you. Better check your life insurance for any sudden increases

[lilelvis2000]

As a dog owner I can see hopw some people get extremely attched to their animals and the natural result of that is to grieve when it dies.

I think when mine pops his designer pet mittens I will be sad, but taking off work is a bit extreme

In this case, all she did was talk about her dog. She spent hundred of pounds a month on medication to keep it alive. Medication which caused the dog to loose its appetite - effectively keeping the dog alive so it could starve to death. Just silly.

Only dog owner I knew was one at Uni, a Phd. Student. He came in one day a bit sad. Explained his dog died, how he'd built a box for it and buried it in the back at its favorite spot. To me that is the "correct" way to handle things.

I'm here hopeing my cat dies soon so I can stop feeding it. Mind you, she is cute, but I doubt I'd miss her. I'd just get another one.

[xoggoth]

I used to get really upset when I had to take one of my vans to the scrapyard. Then I adopted a Buddhist philosophy, only the shell of my beloved van had been crushed, its spirit had been reincarnated in my new (AKA cheap second hand) van. I found this a great comfort and it eased my sense of betrayal.

[lilelvis2000]

Try the Korean Cookbook.

LOL

[Churchill]

don't know any recipes for dog... I'll investigate though

<chef in "can't keep an IKEA bamboo stick alive never mind pet's" mode>

Try the Korean Cookbook.