are Mormons anti-dog?

[Surfah]

My first dog was a doberman named Duke. He got loose one night and wandered out onto the highway in Hawaii and was hit by a car and died. Our second dog was some mix I can't recall named Aspen. When we moved to the mainland we had to give him up for adoption or else he would have had to be quarantined for months. We went through several cats. Puddins died of leukemia. Something happened to Sanoe, don't remember what. We went to Hawaii for a month one summer and our cat Cloudy became so attached to the neighbor who cared for her in our absence that she never came back home. Then we had Tita. Tita died after a good life. That one was tough on my mom and siblings. On the heels of Tita came Ikaika, a black lab-German shepherd mix. He was a fun pup. Then my dad got transferred and we couldn't take Ikaika so we took him to the pound to be put up for adoption. Before the move, my mother would take my siblings to the pound every day to see him. Then one day they showed up and he wasn't there and my family was elated that someone had adopted him. When they inquired into the family who adopted him they were informed that someone had made a paperwork mistake and Ikaika had been euthanized. Then we had Poke. She disappeared one day after about 8 years. We think a coyote or some other predator got her one night.

I understood the circle of life from a young age.

[Runner Coug]

Originally Posted by Surfah

My first dog was a doberman named Duke. He got loose one night and wandered out onto the highway in Hawaii and was hit by a car and died. Our second dog was some mix I can't recall named Aspen. When we moved to the mainland we had to give him up for adoption or else he would have had to be quarantined for months. We went through several cats. Puddins died of leukemia. Something happened to Sanoe, don't remember what. We went to Hawaii for a month one summer and our cat Cloudy became so attached to the neighbor who cared for her in our absence that she never came back home. Then we had Tita. Tita died after a good life. That one was tough on my mom and siblings. On the heels of Tita came Ikaika, a black lab-German shepherd mix. He was a fun pup. Then my dad got transferred and we couldn't take Ikaika so we took him to the pound to be put up for adoption. Before the move, my mother would take my siblings to the pound every day to see him. Then one day they showed up and he wasn't there and my family was elated that someone had adopted him. When they inquired into the family who adopted him they were informed that someone had made a paperwork mistake and Ikaika had been euthanized. Then we had Poke. She disappeared one day after about 8 years. We think a coyote or some other predator got her one night.

I understood the circle of life from a young age.

I'm going to play message board psychiatrist here.

You don't hate pets. You've built a wall of pet "hate" as a defense mechanism against getting hurt again when yet another pet dies tragically. And you don't want your daughter to have to experience the same sense of loss that you did so many times.

Go get a dog. Let the healing begin.

[YOhio]

Why love a dog when you know that eventually Runner Coug's dad is going to kill it?

[Runner Coug]

Originally Posted by YOhio

Why love a dog when you know that eventually Runner Coug's dad is going to kill it?

No no, dad's a dog lover. It's those useless felines that need to fear him.

[Surfah]

Originally Posted by Runner Coug

I'm going to play message board psychiatrist here.

You don't hate pets. You've built a wall of pet "hate" as a defense mechanism against getting hurt again when yet another pet dies tragically. And you don't want your daughter to have to experience the same sense of loss that you did so many times.

Go get a dog. Let the healing begin.

You want the honest truth. I was mauled by a dog on the beach in Hawaii as a toddler. The dog was playing more than anything. And I believe that more than anything fosters my indifference towards animals.

What drives me nuts too is that I am like Doctor Doolittle when it comes to animals. They all love me. Dogs jump into my lap. Horses follow and nuzzle me. Cats will rub up on me all day. Birds chirp "Surfah." It's ridiculous. I think the animal kingdom knows that I hate them so they do it to spite me.

[Brian]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski

Can your cat retrieve a dead pheasant? I didn't think so.

As I have no need for a dead pheasant, I really don't care.

[Gidget]

Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

I never thought I'd see Gidget go to the "you suck" card. Sister Bertrille, maybe, but not Gidget!

It's true, I am very much above the "you suck" card. I apologize.

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by Gidget

It's true, I am very much above the "you suck" card. I apologize.

No need to apologize. I like the more in-your-face Gidget. The world needs more of you.

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by Surfah

You want the honest truth. I was mauled by a dog on the beach in Hawaii as a toddler. The dog was playing more than anything. And I believe that more than anything fosters my indifference towards animals.

What drives me nuts too is that I am like Doctor Doolittle when it comes to animals. They all love me. Dogs jump into my lap. Horses follow and nuzzle me. Cats will rub up on me all day. Birds chirp "Surfah." It's ridiculous. I think the animal kingdom knows that I hate them so they do it to spite me.

Stop carrying sugar cubes in your hat and the horses will leave you alone. Kick the cats and the dogs will chase after them. Shoot the birds.

Problem solved.

[creekster]

Originally Posted by Surfah

You want the honest truth. I was mauled by a dog on the beach in Hawaii as a toddler. The dog was playing more than anything. And I believe that more than anything fosters my indifference towards animals.

What drives me nuts too is that I am like Doctor Doolittle when it comes to animals. They all love me. Dogs jump into my lap. Horses follow and nuzzle me. Cats will rub up on me all day. Birds chirp "Surfah." It's ridiculous. I think the animal kingdom knows that I hate them so they do it to spite me.

Interestingly, my oldest son is almost exactly the same. When my boy was about 2.5 or 3 he was knocked down and licked into submission by a very freidnly Great Dane. My son misunderstood the dog's intent and was scared out of his mind by the experience. From that day forward he did not like animals one bit; not at all. Ironically, like Surfah, animlas LOVE him. Wherever he goes dogs, cats, horses, you name it, will go directly to him for attention. It used to scare him but now, as he is older, he tolerates it but he has never cared for it and wishes he could stop it.