06-27-2020, 05:34 PM
(06-27-2020, 05:16 PM)Snarl Wrote: 3. I feel your loss with Lazarus. You're so lucky to have had him for twenty years. Think what it would have been like for him to have lost you. It hurts ... but, better for them if your pets go first.
My dad left behind a couple of dachshunds. When I flew in for the funeral, they wouldn't leave my side. They knew my dad had passed and they wanted me to keep them. Everyone could see it ... not just me. I couldn't take them though and that impression burned itself deep.
My B-I-L had a cat that behaved like a well-trained dog too. Passed away last year. I had never seen anything break my B-I-L down before, but he did love that cat.
Animals have a way of getting under your skin that way. I think it is because they love you no matter how bad a person you may be, and you know on a level that runs deep into your soul, that you are responsible for that living entity.
They rely on you, and they trust you, to keep your part of the bargain, when you decide to take them on as your pet. If you make the choice to take on the responsibility of a living creature that may be helpless without you, the connection becomes a bond that is almost palpable. I think sometimes my crits communicate with me on a telepathic level. They know when I am sick, when I am apprehensive, and amazingly enough they know when I am disconnected. It is eerie how when I am on Zoom with serious business, they lay around, even at my feet, and they don't make a sound. All bets of off about their behavior when they think they can get some attention and show off.
Yeah, I am still learning the formatting also.
For every one person that read this post. About 7.99 billion have not.
Yet I still post.
