The RIP Thread...

[cory]

That's a cute cat!!

Bummer, Mastermind. Those first few days are always miserable, imo

 

[MasterBlaster]

I was miserable for months when my dog died. I still feel bad, and it's been 15 years.

 

[mastermind7864]

Me and Blackjack was together 16 years.......he rode with me on everything I ever drove. Even sat in my lap while I ran a dozer.

 

[1BUS]

Sorry to hear it for both of you! Time will help.

 

[MasterBlaster]

My dog was 16, too. Most of ya'll know, but some noobs don't - I had a pet squirrel for 12 years. He stayed in my living room in a big cage I built. He could take a sunflower seed from between my teeth and did a mean Mr. T impersonation! He was my nutty buddy!

 

[woodworkingboy]

Your kitties must have wondered what happened to Oscar.

 

[cory]

That's rough, Mastermind

 

[MasterBlaster]

Your kitties must have wondered what happened to Oscar.

Derp?

 

[rumination]

Sorry to hear about your kitty Butch. It's always tough to lose one. Tough on the other cat as well I'm sure.

 

[woodworkingboy]

Derp, was that your Oscar's name, I forget. He was a buddy too, I recall.

 

[MasterBlaster]

The cats didn't pay much attention to them.

 

[squisher]

Sorry to hear Butch.

 

[MasterBlaster]

She's at peace - it's all good...

The Circle of Life!

 

[Mrs.B]

Sorry about your kitty, Butch. I had a gray cat for 18 years. She was my best friend. She's been gone 10 years and I still miss her.

 

[BlackSmith]

It's hard to lose a pet. We think of ours as our children. I feel your loss Boss.

 

[pete mctree]

Always harsh to loose a pet Butch - sharing a lifetime with them is a privilege & time will remind you of the best bits.

I could never be without pets (I just have a dog now), but I would replace what I lost because I love sharing my life with them

 

[MasterBlaster]

I can't imagine how anyone can work at a dog pound, where they routinely kill them. I couldn't do that job for a million bucks.

 

[Fiddler]

Butch, I spent a year in a Pound. I held many animals every Th when it was killing day.

In the Spring we put animals down every day for a couple months.

During my time there i saved/re-domesticated Five out of 8 Malamutes who grew up chained in a barn w/no human contact except food being thrown in the door on the dirt floor once a day. They didn't know what people or an environment out side of that barn were.

I also got there at 5am 7 days a week to open up or start feeding/cleaning. If you saw what these Bastards (people) dropped off in the middle of the night and locked in our outside pens/cages, you could probably do that job. Animals that have been starved, beaten, denied medical help, and just generally mistreated were there to greet me several days a week. I used to hold great hope when I went in each day the I wouldn't find another nearly dead, whining dog there in the morning.

There are many dogs and cats that for one reason or another don't get to be pets in a good way. More than we could ever find a home for.

Sometimes it's just another job that has to be done.

 

[Husabud]

I think at that point you are saving souls rather than killing animals.

 

[Fiddler]

I agree.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I'd rather be a walmart greeter.

 

[woodworkingboy]

That is a thoughtful perspective, Bud, worth deliberation.

 

[mastermind7864]

I'd rather be a walmart greeter.

I can see it now......

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[MasterBlaster]

Hahahahahahaaa!!!

 

[Mick!]

Butch, I spent a year in a Pound. I held many animals every Th when it was killing day.

In the Spring we put animals down every day for a couple months.

During my time there i saved/re-domesticated Five out of 8 Malamutes who grew up chained in a barn w/no human contact except food being thrown in the door on the dirt floor once a day. They didn't know what people or an environment out side of that barn were.

I also got there at 5am 7 days a week to open up or start feeding/cleaning. If you saw what these Bastards (people) dropped off in the middle of the night and locked in our outside pens/cages, you could probably do that job. Animals that have been starved, beaten, denied medical help, and just generally mistreated were there to greet me several days a week. I used to hold great hope when I went in each day the I wouldn't find another nearly dead, whining dog there in the morning.

There are many dogs and cats that for one reason or another don't get to be pets in a good way. More than we could ever find a home for.

Sometimes it's just another job that has to be done.

You are a braver man than me, well done for the work you did.