Comments on: Dog Days… http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/dog-days/ Advice for Dying and Death - When Sympathy Isnt Enough Fri, 18 May 2012 10:50:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Catherine http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/dog-days/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Catherine Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:01:11 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/wordpress/advice/dog-days/#comment-33 Although I will not understand this woman's situation in a million years, I felt the need to comment because sometimes it IS about the person who is dying and at the end a dog is your best friend. I have been there for two friends who passed away, one grandparent and am currently a caregiver for my mother. In each instance having a dog there was so important for the person who was terminal. Dogs don't have issues - and they always know when you need them, and they stay by your side. Eileen may find that by first contacting a therapy dog group - usually attached to hospitals - that she can overcome her issues, give her husband a gift, and if she eventually chooses to get a dog of her own, may end up with a dog that is supportive and loving during her own grieving process - or to speak from the heart - much as I love my friends & family, I know that personally the one to stick around when I am dying will be my dog. cheers - Although I will not understand this woman’s situation in a million years, I felt the need to comment because sometimes it IS about the person who is dying and at the end a dog is your best friend.

I have been there for two friends who passed away, one grandparent and am currently a caregiver for my mother. In each instance having a dog there was so important for the person who was terminal. Dogs don’t have issues - and they always know when you need them, and they stay by your side.

Eileen may find that by first contacting a therapy dog group - usually attached to hospitals - that she can overcome her issues, give her husband a gift, and if she eventually chooses to get a dog of her own, may end up with a dog that is supportive and loving during her own grieving process -

or to speak from the heart - much as I love my friends & family, I know that personally the one to stick around when I am dying will be my dog.

cheers -

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