How a dog dealt with grief

[kec]

Posted: 8/13/10 at 10:48am

This article was in Thursday's Washington Post. It's a wonderful story, but I warn you now, have tissues handy. It's about how one dog came to terms with the death of his master.
A Visit to His Master's Grave Seems to Give Closure to a Grieving Dog

[kooky]

Posted: 8/13/10 at 10:55am

thank you that was lovely .... having dogs & cats I know how smart & understanding they are ......

[clever name]

Posted: 8/13/10 at 10:59am

I'm not even gonna open that link. I started choking up just reading your description.

[kec]

Posted: 8/13/10 at 11:09am

Fair enough, clever name... I just have think about this article and I get very teary!

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 8/13/10 at 12:12pm

I managed not to get teary, which is a first for me! I just kept my eyes open really wide as I read it. Nice story.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 8/13/10 at 12:24pm

I'm usually oversentimental and weepy at things like this, but my boss is out today, so I can tear up a bit...but I didnt at all. That was a sweet and touching and sort of hopeful and uplifting.

Thanks for sharing it!

[AbbaRabbit]

Posted: 8/13/10 at 12:42pm

outside of hartford hospital, there's a statue of a black dog. the story behind it is that the dog was very close to his owner and after his owner got sick and had to go to the hospital for treatments, he would wait outside the hospital for his owner. during one of the owner's treatments, he needed to be admitted to the hospital and he died there. no one could get the dog to leave the front door of the hospital. people would bring food out for him and blankets in the winter, but the dog never left because he thought his owner was still inside. he stayed on the grounds of the hospital until he died. i don't know if the story is 100% true or not, but it really illustrates the bond between animals and humans.

[kec]

Posted: 8/13/10 at 1:14pm

There is also the story of Greyfriars Bobby, the little dog who slept on his Master's grave in Greyfriars churchyard for 14 years after his Master died.
Greyfriars Bobby

[EVIE]

Posted: 8/13/10 at 1:18pm

Beautiful story, thank you.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 8/13/10 at 1:19pm

There's a recent thread where someone mentions a dog that waited at the same train station for years for his master's train that never came because he'd died during work and never came home. I believe they're making a movie about it?

[kec]

Posted: 8/13/10 at 3:35pm

I've seen the trailer for that film -- Richard Gere and Jason Alexander are in it but I don't remember the name of the film. I will say that the trailer chokes me up every time...

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 8/13/10 at 5:46pm

Hachiko: http://blog.mtviggy.com/2009/07/13/yay-asian-dog-stars-in-hachiko-a-dogs-story/