My first pet death was a pet hamster when I was in second grade. Died in the middle of the night and I found out one day before school. It all kinda hit me when I went to school that day - I cried my eyes out and subsequently had a nun pretty much beat the crap outta me in front of the whole class, telling me the whole time to stop crying.
And my parents wonder why I am a pastafarian...I'm way over it now, but I look back and wonder why the hell she ever was allowed to get away with that crap. And why none of my fellow students never spoke up! LOL. Just writing that made me wonder why the hell my parents sent me to school in the first place. On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 10:29 PM, Mary Jo Sminkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >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:260949 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
