Grieving Dogs on the Internet

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• MirandaJuly

  October 2014

  Why would you subject yourself to that!
• Leland

  October 2014

  "Use it or lose it."
• YoursTruly

  October 2014

  just the title of this thread upsets me so much
  i will never click on those links
• Leland

  October 2014 edited October 2014

  Totally sincere. I've had dog-friends but I've never been a dog person. These videos made me feel like a dirty species-ist for thinking that way. These beings are not just cute and needy, they are suffering the experience of love and compassion. My hat is off to those who already knew this. For me, I feel like I just found out that I didn't know that I didn't know.
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  YoursTruly

  October 2014

  wow!
  I'm glad you have had this realization. Dogs literally are people. Probably a lot of other animals too are people, but I only have experience with dogs.
  
  anti-dog sentiment among humans blows my mind.
  
• Leland

  October 2014

  The internet is really something.
• 000

  October 2014

  Going to go hug my dog baby
• the_owls

  October 2014 edited October 2014

  animal empathy is so real
  
  if it made you too sad, look at this baby beaver:
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  ManInTheIvoryTower

  October 2014

  There was a good 60 Minutes feature on dog brains lately (and maybe a Frontline?) ...
  
  http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-smartest-dog-in-the-world/
  
  "... there was no evidence until the last decade that dogs were capable of inferential reasoning, absolutely not. So that's what's new, that's what shocking is that of all the species, it's dogs that are showing a couple of abilities that are really important that allow humans to develop culture and language."
  
  "What we know now is that when dogs are actually looking at you, they're essentially hugging you with their eyes."
  
  Test your dog: https://www.dognition.com