I attended a funeral where the family brought the deceased’s dog to the services. The dog sniffed the casket and lay down under it, as she would under the bed. Seeing a family recognize that a 15-year-old dog, who joined the family as a puppy, needed to say goodby, i.m.m.d.
The difference between friends and pets is that friends we allow into our company, pets we allow into our solitude
-Robert Brault
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Not the least bit surprising. The human animal connection dates back thousands of years and can be almost psychic. There is no reason to think that an animal wouldn’t want to say goodbye just as much as a human wouldn’t want to say the same thing to an animal. Its been proven that animals mourn, so saying goodbye might also give them the closure they need when losing an owner.
It was the same at my grandad’s wake, his dog sat under his coffin the whole day, and growled at the funeral directors when they came to put it in the hearse.
The photo is great.
Animals don’t judge, hate or criticize. They are the best psychologists a person could ever want.
I don’t have the URL, but shortly after this made the homepage here, there was a story about one of the SEALS killed in the Chinook crash in Afghanistan. His lab, just before the service, broke from the person holding the leash to lay (lie?) with a heavy sigh at the foot of the casket. NOTE: It was a CLOSED casket. He knew where the foot was. The photo, even though an amateur took it, should, imho, be up for a Pulitzer or something.