tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137857716187567509.post2786729334640625310..comments2024-01-18T02:47:12.669-08:00Comments on Tregear Vean: Do dogs know about death?Revjeanrolthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12744131101249601856noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137857716187567509.post-31416736365240858702011-05-18T02:04:44.554-07:002011-05-18T02:04:44.554-07:00Thank you do much Ray and UK .I really value all ...Thank you do much Ray and UK .I really value all your comments but especially those two...Crispin is still looking for Tosh and I can see the point of allowing them to see the body...where there is none its more difficult to try to fill the gap left by such a tough little character..Revjeanrolthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12744131101249601856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137857716187567509.post-33454066495251885342011-05-17T11:46:50.579-07:002011-05-17T11:46:50.579-07:00I agree with UK Viewer on several scores and do be...I agree with UK Viewer on several scores and do believe animals have souls. I am also a vegetarian and these days feel that eating animal flesh is akin to cannibalism.<br />As a life-member of Cats Protection (and several other animal organisations) I have heard many stories about the best way to deal with having an animal put down in terms of its animal companions.<br />Since, no matter how intelligent, animals cannot reason they need to be made aware that a friend has died, and several people think that they should be allowed either to witness the actual euthanasia or be allowed to see the dead animal immediately after.<br />This allows them to sniff and understand that life has gone and they will then not need to 'look for' their dead companion.<br />I have never tried this, but so many people have reccommended it that it sounds fesible.<br /><br />It is hard enough for humans, who know the whys and wherefores, how much harder it must be for them.Ray Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09209429097744326143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137857716187567509.post-56896042465588674402011-05-17T09:08:59.432-07:002011-05-17T09:08:59.432-07:00Jean, it is a bereavement not just for you, but fo...Jean, it is a bereavement not just for you, but for Crispin too. When we have lost a Cat, the others have known that someone is missing and have actually pined for them.<br /><br />When we had a Dog, Della, she lived happily with our Cats and when the inevitable came, they missed her very much.<br /><br />We had a Cat, Ruby, she had one litter and then was spayed. We kept one of her Kittens and eventually ended up with two more Cats. Perhaps there was to much of a crowd for Ruby, who just disappeared. We did all of the usual seeking her, including checking local vets and the council in case she had been run over, without any trace. She is chipped, but two years later, we have not heard anything of her.<br /><br />When she went, her Kitten, by now, fully grown pined for weeks. He had been with her all his life and she left him. In some ways he has never recovered. He tolerates the other Cats, but will not sleep with them or eat with them. He still seems to be looking for her when he goes out to the garden and looks up and down the Alleyway etc.<br /><br />Ruby's mother is still with us. She was feral, but we managed to catch her and had her spayed. Cats protection could not re-home her, so we took her back and she lives outside, and we feed her there. Ruby's kitten relates to her and has been known to groom her. Mother substitute perhaps.<br /><br />People who say that animals do not have souls are mistaken. Animals do, they also have feelings, not necessarily the same as ours, but feelings all the same. <br /><br />This is one reason that I am vegetarian, Originally it was for medical reasons, but now, I am convinced that we should not eat the flesh of living creatures.UKViewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18114944341930758335noreply@blogger.com