[HerbiesMom]

I saw the viedo of this and it was heartbreaking. Cried my eyes out. Poor dog followed his owner all the way to the coroner van. I sure hope they didn't leave him in the streets.

[princess]

omg i want to cry! this is the only post i've ever looked at that has bothered me(i avoid ones with animals...people dying no big...)

[Proserpine]

Poor dog.
Dogs are the most amazing animal in this world.
They are always their.
When I cry my dog comes up to me and puts his head on my lap until I'm happy and then he starts begging me to pet him.
Dogs are awesome.

[silentsushi]

I learned a while ago that if you die, your dog will stay by you and die after you since they won't be able to find food by themselves. A cat however, will eat the shit out of you: natural instinct, and they also haven't been domesticated as long as dogs have. Makes me feel good about having a cat.

[Foxie913]

I'm a dog owner too so this really gets to me

[Desensitisation]

Not all dogs are that loyal, but many are, particularly those that have been well cared for, and raised appropriately.

I've personally dealt with four cases of acute severe depression in dogs following the death of a dog's owner. Three of them required anti-depressants for a few months afterwards to get them to adjust to their new homes.

The fourth is one that always makes me feel depressed. A twelve year old mixed-breed Terrier whose owner died, and the family made the "mistake" of taking the dog with them to the funeral, where the dog saw the master in the open casket viewing, and then was also at the formal burial where the casket was lowered into the ground. They took the dog home, the dog escaped the next day, returned to the cemetery, and just curled up on the gravesite. They retrieved the dog when the caretaker of the cemetery called the following day to let them know (dog was wearing tags). The retrieved the dog, it refused to eat for two days, escaped again, returned to the cemetery, where they decided to leave the dog. Cemetery caretake attempted to feed the dog, but it refused all food. Died about a week later, curled up on the grave of his master. I was called by the cemetery caretaker to see if anything could be done, but the dog struggled when attempting to medicate it directly, and since it wasn't eating the meds couldn't be hidden in food. He just wanted to be with his owner, and nothing more. Got there in the end, too.

[Tricky82]

Y is it that when i see this it really hits me n i cant help but get a lump in my throat but wen i see humans getting killed, beaten n jus generally messed up im like ' oh ok' ? Strange some of us feel more for animals than we do people?!

[Kerri]

All I can say or think, especially after being laid off and trying to make a freelance art career for myself in a tiny house with EXTREMELY spolied house pets watching every move I make and fighting for my lap 24-7 is they are evolving. All the energy they had to expend in years of yore getting enough to eat and fighting for prime shelter is now spent reading our minds and manipulating their human slaves. A pet can be just as much or more psychic than humans, trust me. I wanna gather this little dog to me and run for the hills of Colorado. I am sure someone in that country, what country I cant figure, took this heartbroken, loyal, precious little dog-soul to a good home. I effing pray this is so.

[sitow666]

i laughed

[Spedlimp.]

I don't really see the humour in it. :/
"That dog is aware of the passing of someone close to them, HAHAHAHHAHAHA"