Pains of losing a pet

According to the popular saying “a dog is man's best friend”. Man has found a true friend in a dog. Dogs are so loyal, no matter how you treat them they'll still warm up to you again and again.

I wasn't a fan of dogs some time back but it's safe to say that I am beginning to see them in a different light. Not in the aggressive or violent light that I had seen them all these while but in a loving way. A way that explains their loyalty to their owner and the need to protect their owner from external forces, if they could talk they would probably say stuff like "No offence ma'am I was only doing my job nothing personal"

I appreciate and admire the genuine friendship that exists between dogs and their owners, this type of friendship can exist for years without any form of betrayal.

Prior to this time, I was always surprised whenever I saw pet lovers crying and feeling all sad after losing their pets, I felt they were overreacting as the loss of a pet wasn’t that deep but that changed when my cousin's dog died of Hernia.

In all honesty, I didn't know dogs could have Hernia too, I thought it was only a human sickness but watching firsthand the dog struggling and eventually dying was tragic. I witnessed firsthand as my cousin broke down several times, she wept like a mother who had lost her baby, she was so sad that everyone annoyed her in the house and her mood affected us all. That was when I knew that losing one's pet was way deeper than you can ever think or imagine.

The way pet lovers celebrate whenever they get a new pet and cannot get over the feeling of having an additional member of the family is the same way they cannot get over the fact that they have lost another member of their family to the cold hands of death.

Imagine getting back home and there’s no Riley to wag his tail or no Ria to jump in excitement upon your arrival, no Kiara to take pictures of or Billy to do all the tricks you taught him, no one, just you, you, and you🙂

Watching from the sidelines you might not be moved by the death of a dog but you see the pet owners. they get really sad after losing their pets.

Someone might say "But she can always get a new one", do you think it's so easy to invest so much emotion and time in your pet just to lose them and start all over again? From the very beginning? It's easier to say but in real sense, it is so difficult.

People should never downplay the emotions of pet lovers who are mourning their pets, let people grieve the way they want to.

To everyone who has lost a pet before I pray you heal and move on eventually.

_{All images are mine and were posted with the permission of the dog owner.}

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