>Kavik died when monk was just two, but he still talks about him and his >death. I suppose it was like losing a brother because Kavik played with him >all the time.
I would expect a lot does depend on the type of pet and the amount of attachment they have to it. I did have a lot of cats growing up and the usual goldfish, etc. but they were always more my mom's cats than mine and it just never was that big a deal to me when I lost them. But a dog that is more of a kid's special, close friend, that certainly is another matter. >do shelties live to 20?? >my god, i've been choosing the wrong breeds. None that I know of. 16 or 17 would be a very ripe old age for a sheltie. Mine seem to not make it past 13 and my first sheltie was already showing age and losing his hearing at 9. --- Mary Jo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:260947 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
