Grieving couple commits suicide after dog dies

**Roxyluvsme13** · 04-06-2007, 10:02 AM

Originally Posted by Argranade

Why don't you just stop while your at it? or is that too hard for you ....

Do you honestly think if I see a little injured sparrow on the road I won't go and help it?

This is a bunch of bollocks.

I'm not the one that thinks killing other birds is okay. I could stop this anytime I want to, but I think you're the one that needs to stop and you're the one that needs help.

No, but you don't have to go out of your way to auctions to, "rescue" as you call it, birds.

**lizbud** · 04-06-2007, 10:49 AM

Originally Posted by cyber-sibes

It really bothers me when PTers get rude, insulting, abrasive & start posting back & forth biting commentary. This thread is about two people who loved their pet just as much as we love ours. We'll never know what else they were dealing with that would push them into such a sad ending.

RIP, Puppy, and Mr. & Mrs. I pray your families may find a way to come to peace with your decision.

I agree.

Dr Goodnow, In what field was your doctorate earned and
when? Thanks.

**Vela** · 04-06-2007, 11:02 AM

Originally Posted by cmayer31

I don't know the background on the couple that hung themselves, but I do know it was a sad loss. It was sad for the friends and family of the couple; a death of any sort is terrible.

One thing that keeps coming back to me as I read the news clip is the term childless couple. I really feel that this could have attributed to the immense sorrow that led to such a tragic end. Perhaps they were unable to have children and they portrayed the role of a child in their life upon their dog in. If they raised their dog for 13 years and treated it as the child that they could not have, I could not imagine the sorrow and hopelessness that his loss would cause. There are so many other factors that seem to point to this: a burial ceremony and a feast with friends. It seems that this "just a dog" was much more than a simple pet to this couple and that the loss was too much for them to handle. I’ve seen the life fade from an elderly woman’s eyes while her husband of many, many years was laid to rest. I almost feel that this dog’s death brought on similar feelings to the couple and that it was too much for them to bear.

Either way I feel that it is a tragic loss to friends and family and we will never know the reason behind their decision.

I agree with you. I also find it so very sad. I am not going to pass judgement on these people, who am I to do so? Not may place, I just feel sad for them that they truly seemed to feel this was their only option.

For those who would like to pass judgement on them, you ought to rethink your position as you never know when life might take a horrible turn for you, and you wouldn't want to be shown what kind of sorrow could cause someone to act out that way.

**DrKym** · 04-06-2007, 11:13 AM

My first PhD. was in 94 and it is as a Social Scientist. I hold several lesser degrees in social work and theology.

Since I am a sucker for punishment, I intend to pursue some post doctorate classes this fall.

**wombat2u2004** · 04-06-2007, 04:21 PM

Originally Posted by Dr.Goodnow

My first PhD. was in 94 and it is as a Social Scientist. I hold several lesser degrees in social work and theology.

Since I am a sucker for punishment, I intend to pursue some post doctorate classes this fall.

I was going to do a PhD in bricklaying once, but the Uni never had such a course....so I figured I must have been too intelligent for them to handle.
Wom

**DrKym** · 04-06-2007, 04:26 PM

Originally Posted by wombat2u2004

I was going to do a PhD in bricklaying once, but the Uni never had such a course....so I figured I must have been too intelligent for them to handle.
Wom

Lol the only people that my PhDs or any of the other degrees ever impressed was my Grandma, it gave her bragging rights aher canasta games with the girls...........she would always say My Grandaughter is DOCTOR!!!! then get mad at me because I wasn't THAT kind of Dr.

**deboraborialis** · 04-06-2007, 04:36 PM

This is so sad. I can understand the grief of losing a pet. If a person had no one else in the world I can maybe see how this could happen. They had each other though, and it's just such a shame that they couldn't carry on, and give their love to another animal in need of a home.