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by ksl » Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:57 am
This is the saddest situation i have seen for a long time, and I hope a wake up call, to those that put their ego's first, rather than their children. I sincerely believe that dogs very prone to psychological problems, because they rely on their masters more than anything.
People just do not understand the dogs mentality and the social structure they are allocated, I learned this with my 3.5 year old lurcher which i was forced to give away, after my divorce, because i was a serving soldier. The dog literally refused to eat and eventually died of a broken heart.
The dog i talk about also came from a refuge and had to be nursed back to health, I was 16 years old and racing him once a week, but after i went in the military my mum kept writing and telling me, the dog was so sad, so I took him into the army life with me, but sadly I divorced and things all changed.
My daughter wants a dog and I have to refuse, because the death of my dog, was a failure on my part and our life is not stable enough. I personally put a dogs life well above any humans, when it comes to loyalty. A cat on the other hand is indifferent and a sociable animal, but it does have 6th sense and will react to feelings and sadness but most of all its home is territorial, like a dog.
Many owners of pets would never understand unless they become fine tuned to the animals way of life not many do.
I have owned legally an Owl, and several Hare's that had been mutilated by farm machinery, when o phoned the Vet, he said he would just put it to sleep, although I cauterised the amputation, because a broken open wound leg couldn't be repaired by myself, the only alternative was to remove it. My lurcher dog actually carried this animal back to me, after I had trained him not to kill.
The most strangest thing I have experienced was when the hare, came into the house, jumped on the sofa, and started to lick my hands, and my lurcher dog was sat there watching, it would settle in front of the colour TV and just sit watching the colours, it was more like a cat, and had its own programming, although my dog licked its lips occasionally, he understood never to hurt, so to watch them both race around the garden, was something I hold special to myself.
The saying goes, that witches, turned themselves into hares' to avoid capture, In the Lancashire Witch hunts back in time! Many innocent victims have been executed just like dogs and other animals by humans, and it will just carry on that way until people are educated. A sad old world we live in, if you are on the same wavelength...and Farmers too have their favorites.
We have also hatched chicks in the oven, how i envy SMS in retirement
My girl would like her own dog, but i refused because i am a lover of dogs especially lurchers, in the north of UK we race them illegally in the 60's but believe me, these dogs get better treatment then spouses. 
It's a real traumatic time to be separated
