# My dog Simon died today

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-simon-died-today/261384>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 25, 2004, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-simon-died-today/261384 "2004-08-25T02:21:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-simon-died-today/261384/21 "2004-08-25T19:33:50Z")

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Oh, that’s so sad. But it’s beautiful that you gave him 10 good years, and basically saved his life like that. What a wonderful thing you did. And what a wonderful dog he was.

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**Author:** ![jlzania](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@jlzania](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jlzania)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-simon-died-today/261384/22 "2004-08-25T19:58:18Z")

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I’m so sorry **StGermain**.  
Short-lifers give us so much and it’s never easy when one dies.

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**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-simon-died-today/261384/23 "2004-08-25T20:08:19Z")

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Them dying on you is one of the few downsides of owning a pet. But a big one. So sorry.

RIP Simon

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**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-simon-died-today/261384/24 "2004-08-25T22:25:56Z")

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Thanks again, everyone for the sympathy. While I would’ve liked to bury Simon here on the farm, in the end I called Animal Control and they’ll have someone come pick him up. I can’t really afford to have private cremation done, and quite honestly, for me, the body of someone I loved has no meaning. Because their soul, (or spirit, if you prefer) isn’t there, it’s just a body. Although I guess the “Rainbow Bridge” is trite, I hope my animals are waiting for me when I’m dead, too.

It does hurt when you lose a beloved friend, but I feel it only hurts because you gave and received love, and love is never a bad thing. So te pain at the end is worth the years of love that preceded it. If it didn’t hurt, you didn’t love; and how could I wish that.

It’s funny - it was worse just now when I was eating an apple and Simon wasn’t there droolig on my shoes waiting for the core. Simon loved fruit.

StG

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