Dog Follows Owner to the Grave (Three Hanky Alert)

[Modem Butterfly]

http://www.sundaytimes.co.za/zones/sundaytimesNEW/basket11st/basket11st1110870769.aspx

SYDNEY - An elderly Australian man will be buried with his loyal dog after the animal spent almost a week guarding the deceased's body and appeared too miserable to live after being removed from his master.

The RSPCA in north-eastern Queensland state said that Jess, a cattle dog cross estimated to be about 12 years old, would be put to sleep and later cremated and buried with his owner. The animal protection society was called in when the dog attempted to shield the dead man from ambulance officers who had come to take the body away.


Man and dog had been inseparable and while the RSPCA had originally attempted to care for the pet, they found him to be aggressive and unhappy while in their custody.

[underpants]

1. That happens all the time with married couples

I know of similiar owner dog things too

[Modem Butterfly]

3. They growl at the ambulences and protect the body?

?

[underpants]

5. No just that they don't last too long

Ooops I should have read the whole article

[XNASA]

6. Are you saying that the dog and the man were married?

Man, it's crazy down there down under.

[jpak]

9. Blame it on same-sex marriages in Massachusetts

n/t

[underpants]

11. NO but I do know some guys married to.......

oh never mind

:bounce:

[Coastie for Truth]

2. Kind of like Hachiko - the Akita from Shibuya Station in Tokyo

[Huckebein the Raven]

12. I was thinking the same thing

[Jon8503]

4. Hey, thanks for that story. Sad but just shows us how loyal and true

our pets are. If humans could have these traits, the world would be a much better place.

[Modem Butterfly]

7. My Chow is like that, loyal and faithful though not too obediant...

My Shar-pei on the other hand would go home with anyone who had sufficent chicken jerky. He's such a whore...

[Jon8503]

13. Yeah, they are your best and truest friends, N/T

[jswordy]

8. I don't find this a 3-hanky at all.

Rather, I wonder why they are gonna put the dog to sleep after only "almost a week." Shit, humans can mourn for a year of two. My dogs mourn for a month when one of them dies.

Sigh...animal abuse really sux. "Gee it has been almost a week, and the dog is still out of sorts. Let's kill him!"

[Modem Butterfly]

10. Apparently the dog is unhappy enough that it is considered unadoptable

And, let's face it, most folks wouldn't adopt a twelve year-old dog to begin with. If he's not eating, and he's being openly hostile to anyone who shows him affection, he's not having much of a life, is he?

[jswordy]

15. AFTER LESS THAN A WEEK?????

I know this was yesterday's thread, but I hadda respond to that.

[Book Lover]

14. So the answer is to kill the dog!?

They can't find anybody to take the animal? Granted, I don't know all the details, but that really seems wrong.

[HEyHEY]

16. That happen to my friend's father

He got in an accident and was ejected from the vehicle. He was knocked out. HIs IRish Setter had a cracked skull but still wouldn't let ambulance workers near him.

Let's see a fucking cat do that