# Our dog died **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 2, 2021, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-dog-died/939217 "2021-04-02T13:10:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 45
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2021, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-dog-died/939217/45 "2021-04-11T20:15:01Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > Know that I am not a crusader on this. Of course. I can’t what I’m thinking…our love for animals defies some logic. Maybe with reading what others have to say it will be more comprehensible to me. > [@Mourning/grieving period for pets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mourning-grieving-period-for-pets/939816): > > Sprinning off from this thread: [Our dog died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-dog-died/939217/) Some people aren’t dog people or even pet people. Maybe they wonder what the big deal is if your pet dies. You and the pet don’t plan a future together or have a deep discussion about the meaning of life. You don’t get their advice, you don’t get their help when you move, they don’t loan you money, and so on, like a human friend might. However there are also people who take pets very seriously, maybe as seriously as human relations. You could ha… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-dog-died/939217)._