Grieving couple commits suicide after dog dies

**Muddy4paws** · 04-03-2007, 02:28 PM

I know how incredably upsetting losing an animal is and as elizabethann said, its shocking how badly people can react.

Im thinking maybe it was like a baby to them, seeing as they were older people the dog was probably their baby in a way. I know a lot of old ladies from work keep pets as company because their children have moved on and dont visit as often, so In a way it must be like losing a baby.

RIP I hope they are all together again.

**BC_MoM** · 04-03-2007, 04:50 PM

They must have been so devastated.

But, they're all now together again: for eternity.

**lvpets2002** · 04-03-2007, 04:54 PM

Oh my my how so horrible & sad..

**kuhio98** · 04-03-2007, 05:17 PM

I'm so sad they made this choice. When I think of all the other lives these 2 could have made better.... If their love and devotion could have been passed on to another pet who just wanted someone to love.

**lizbud** · 04-03-2007, 05:34 PM

This is very sad.

I must say that I do understand how grief can
comsume someone to the point where death could mean peace & a release
from pain.

I believe if friends had been close & understood their grief, maybe this
message could be driven home to this couple.Make them think they were
still needed in this world.

Originally Posted by kuhio98

I'm so sad they made this choice. When I think of all the other lives these 2 could have made better.... If their love and devotion could have been passed on to another pet who just wanted someone to love.

**Twisterdog** · 04-04-2007, 01:29 AM

Originally Posted by kuhio98

I'm so sad they made this choice. When I think of all the other lives these 2 could have made better.... If their love and devotion could have been passed on to another pet who just wanted someone to love.

I agree.

And very sad also that simply having each other was not enough.

I have to wonder if they weren't depressed almost to the point of suicide before the dog died, and perhaps they were just holding on and waiting until the old dog died. Maybe they wanted to commit suicide, but did not want to leave their dog alone.

Who knows.

**pitc9** · 04-04-2007, 12:21 PM

How horrible.....

**Zippy** · 04-04-2007, 03:28 PM

That's horriable.

**Husky15** · 04-04-2007, 03:38 PM

How sad.

I agree that suicide is wrong, and I think committing it because their dog died is taking it a little bit far. And no, I'm not saying that it was just a dog, it was their baby, but I still think committing suicide was taking it too far.

You would do the same if one of your own beloved pets died. It's not at all stupid.

Not many people would do the same. I've had family members die (and even pets), but I never committed suicide. Yes, it is a devastating time, but suicide is never the answer.

I mean, think of what people do to their family when they commit suicide.

It's just horrible.

**IRescue452** · 04-04-2007, 05:19 PM

Sometimes its not the grief. Sometimes people are just waiting. I've had plenty of suicidal days, but who would take care of Autumn. If she died, it wouldn't be grief that killed me, it'd be the fact that there's nothing depending on me anymore, like I can go now without worrying about anybody who needs me to live. Right now I'd be fine leaving her in the hands of my mother, but not my fish, nobody but me in my family knows how to properly take care of them.

**DJFyrewolf36** · 04-05-2007, 01:56 AM

Having almost succeeded at commiting suicide, I can honestly say there are a LOT of things going on inside the mind of a seriously suicidal person, things that are extremely hard to communicate to other people. Most of the time, people close to a suicidal person get confused and frustrated as they just can't understand what is inside their mind.

Maybe the dogs death was just a trigger to a bigger problem, maybe it WAS the problem who knows? Unfortuneatly no one will know

Suicide is sad, and painful for EVERYONE no matter what the reason behind it is.