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What I meant was that animals do not remember "yesterday" as being the day
before today. They remember events based upon how frequently, how exciting,
or how traumatic the event was. They don't know when the event actually
happened.
Jim


"Montblack" wrote in message
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("Jim Burns" wrote)
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Great post Jim.

We have a 16 year old male toy poodle ...with 6 teeth! He's 97.5% deaf -
so
we're the dog owners in our neighborhood always yelling at our pet. g

I was with you up until this part:

"Animals remember short term events, they learn through conditioning, they
do not remember yesterday, last week, last month, last year per say."

Animals maybe, but I think dogs 'know' things and remember things. After
raising kids you begin to realize that a two year old is just a small four
year old - without a vocabulary. Dogs fall into that category - limited
language skills. They mostly say it with their eyes. :-)


Montblack
Coalie was named by the nieces when they were four. He was black like
coal.
Might have been something they saw in a book? The girls are now sophomores
in college.

We have always had two cats during our married lives (35 years).
Yesterday I had to put our 20 year old cat to sleep. She was in severe
renal failure. I could hardly talk to the vet when I brought her in and
sat in the exam room for several minutes with the cat before I could
leave. Pets become part of the family.

Ross

Montblack wrote:

("Jim Burns" wrote)
[good stuff snipped]

Great post Jim.

We have a 16 year old male toy poodle ...with 6 teeth! He's 97.5% deaf -
so we're the dog owners in our neighborhood always yelling at our pet. g

I was with you up until this part:

"Animals remember short term events, they learn through conditioning,
they do not remember yesterday, last week, last month, last year per say."

Animals maybe, but I think dogs 'know' things and remember things. After
raising kids you begin to realize that a two year old is just a small
four year old - without a vocabulary. Dogs fall into that category -
limited language skills. They mostly say it with their eyes. :-)


Montblack
Coalie was named by the nieces when they were four. He was black like
coal. Might have been something they saw in a book? The girls are now
sophomores in college.

Yes, they do become part of the family, and I feel your loss deeply.

I'm not offering advice, but my way of grieving is to share that grief with
new life...be it puppy or kitten. Somehow the hurt isn't quite so
omnipresent when you are cleaning up puppy poop all day {;-)

Jim



We have always had two cats during our married lives (35 years). Yesterday
I had to put our 20 year old cat to sleep. She was in severe renal
failure. I could hardly talk to the vet when I brought her in and sat in
the exam room for several minutes with the cat before I could leave. Pets
become part of the family.

Ross Richardson wrote:
We have always had two cats during our married lives (35 years).
Yesterday I had to put our 20 year old cat to sleep. She was in severe
renal failure. I could hardly talk to the vet when I brought her in and
sat in the exam room for several minutes with the cat before I could
leave. Pets become part of the family.

Ross,

I'm sorry you had to go through that. I'm sure you gave her a wonderful
life. She appreciated it. You might want to checkout:
http://www.petloss.com/

Especially, the stuff about the Rainbow Bridge. I hope you feel better
soon.

--- Jay Masino


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("Jim Burns" wrote)
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"Animals remember short term events, they learn through conditioning, they
do not remember yesterday, last week, last month, last year per say."

I'm not sure about that...my father (lived in phoenix before he died)
used to spend the summers with me (july-oct in Denver) running up my
electric bill for the air conditioner. Trust me, the dog remembered
Dad the moment he walked in the door after being away for 9-10 months!

Dad had to deal with two dogs passing in their sleep. I had to deal
with Mom dying in front of me, Dad dying in Phoenix. I'm not sure
which one of us had the worse time. Personally, I think it was him.
I knew Mom was very short-time. And Dad has just finished his
3 month stay with me (he died the day after getting home).

Bless you, Jim.

Jim



People, just like animals, are thankfully different.
Again, I'm sorry for your loss and we'll miss both you and Gail at OSH.

Jim

In rec.aviation.owning RST Engineering wrote:
OK, so we care as much for our furry family as we do for each other.
Airplanes and dogs have equal weight in our eyes. And airplanes don't sleep
on your feet on cold nights and lick your face awake in the morning.

Jim,

You might want to checkout: http://www.petloss.com/

Especially, the stuff about the Rainbow Bridge. I hope you feel better
soon.

--- Jay Masino



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Jay and Teresa Masino ___(_)___
http://www.JayMasino.com ! ! !
http://www.OceanCityAirport.com
http://www.oc-Adolfos.com

In article ,
"RST Engineering" wrote:

Sorry, Jay, there is more to life than cold aluminum airframes

Yeah, there's composites too!

;-) ;-) ;-)

Seriously though, you have my deepest sympathy. I was not a dog person
until we found this guy at the pound:

http://www.flownet.com/ron/pictures/puppy_eyes.JPG

He's still with us, but he's starting to slow down and I just know he's
going to break my heart some day.

rg

In rec.aviation.owning Ron Garret wrote:
http://www.flownet.com/ron/pictures/puppy_eyes.JPG

He' adorable.

He's still with us, but he's starting to slow down and I just know he's
going to break my heart some day.

He'll never break your heart, the circumstance will.

--- Jay


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Jay and Teresa Masino ___(_)___
http://www.JayMasino.com ! ! !
http://www.OceanCityAirport.com
http://www.oc-Adolfos.com

Gorgeous animal...have him tested for thyroid. I've seen more dogs perk up
when they get the thyroid working correctly than anything else.

Jim

He's still with us, but he's starting to slow down and I just know he's
going to break my heart some day.

rg