Originally Posted By: Barry the Pirate
Originally Posted By: Fiend
I love the sympathy here. A dead pet is all condolences...dead whores, rapes or miscarriages get met with scorn and insults. Its why I can't bring myself to leave here voluntarily.


I know it's a fucked up way of thinking but my pet is worth more than those things. Plain and simple.

My dog doesn't talk shit about me behind my back. My dog doesn't kick me when I'm down. No matter the atrocious shit I do, no matter how deep the pit of despair is, no matter how paralyzed I am by my fears or my dashed hopes, my dog loves me. I can't say that about any human. He is the only thing I like about me. For that, I owe him the best life I can give him.

The sympathy comes from that, or something close to it.


This is it exactly. I've posted about it here before. The Bible tells us Christ has Agape Love for us sinners. The only real illustration of Agape Love we can understand here on earth is the love a good dog has for it's "owner". I'm not talking about some teacup dog hauled in a purse that snaps at people or some poor animal chained to a tree. I'm talking about a dog/human relationship that is balanced along the lines of the "Dog Whisperer". There is nothing like that unconditional love. And trust. Even Charin is living this in his gagfactor camper tours of America's serial killer breeding grounds.

I think it transcends human relationships because on the dog's side, there is never an ulterior motive and on our side, as the saying goes: "Dear God help me be half the man my dog thinks I am".