You all... you all seem so lucky. Sounding like only lost one or two dogs you were close to.
Have lost over dozen in life time, I think, with similar number of cats. Have buried two dogs m'self (which, let me tell you, skirting heat stroke when emotionally distressed does nothing to help situation), and two cats. Had one dog die with me beside her (simple old age); two cats (One snakebit -- watching an animal die to neurotoxin is pretty fucking horrible. Just sayin'. Other kitten, just didn't make it. May have been multiple of those, actually.). Day woke up to kitten bits spread around living room was particularly horrible; almost killed dog that did it with bare hands
Wasn't really dog's fault, t'be honest, but we got rid of dog shortly after.
Most kicked it to cars. Still cannot express emotional reaction to that without vulgarity. Incidentally one of the other reasons I have a
frothing hatred for people who speed through residential areas.
Anyway, down of the day. Too many lost pets. Dogs, cats, birds, fish, turtles, rabbit, chicken (Oh gods... that last two
They did not go prettily.). Not even carelessness that causes it all, it just... happens, and then bad luck of having some fucking bastard going 70 through 35 zone not looking where going. Good thing there's not many kids on my street, I guess
Or ants eat them alive or they run under a running lawnmower or something. Poor chicken. Poor rabbit. Such a mess...
wish was joking. Not joking.