My dog went missing last Tuesday morning . He ran off when i let him go to the bathroom,he always comes back when he does.We found him thursday evening,he was dead .Wethink a snake mihgt have bit him. i looked all week for him,when we found him he was already smelling andswolled my husband wouldn't let me bury him. I cant forgive myself for letting him run off. He was like one of my children. He was a rednose pitbull but he was very loving.
2006-09-28 03:15:15 · 20 answers · asked by lawana j 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
No sweetie, this was not your fault at all. Sometimes dogs get excited by a certain smell or maybe he saw another dog and wanted to play or something.
This was meant to be. I know exactly to the point how you feel I lost a boston terrier, but she comes to visit me once and a while.
Dogs love their owners and that's a fact. There will be another pet that will come for you because your dog in heaven will make sure that that place he left, it will be filled. Believe me, he misses you too. Very much.
2006-09-28 03:21:51 · answer #1 · answered by Christine 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Well I want to start off by saying how sorry I am for your loss. Pets are family & that is the way it should be. I will not cast the blame totally on you as I do not know your whole situation. I would not get another dog until you have a better situation at home. Like a properly fenced yard. DO NOT CHAIN THE DOG EVER! That is just mean. And also for your husband to not bury the animal was just wrong!
It is illegal in most states to bury an animal on your property, but most of society does it. No one really cares. I am not sure why it is illegal, but still I would have at least called the city shelter. You could have called the city shelter & they would have taken care of the body. This way he had that much respect at least. After all if this dog was like family why would your hubby just leave him there like that. You can still call teh city & give the location of the dog and not claim him, but say that the site is not nice to please clean it up & they will. You need to get a fence or no more dogs.. plain and simple. Dogs get side tracked by other critters or smells and will wonder off, you have to keep them safe, just as you would a child.
2006-09-28 11:14:02 · answer #2 · answered by Mickey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dogs can be stubborn and they need a lot of training. No point beating yourself up now though. I know you are hurting but just take some time to remember how special the dog was to you. My dog has taken off after deer and most recently a skunk even though I have done a lot of work with her. She has always come back although I'm not so sure coming back after the skunk incident was all that happy. I now keep her on a lead when letting her out at night and always stay with her during the day to give her a stop command if she starts to chase something. Forgive yourself.
2006-09-28 10:24:05 · answer #3 · answered by june.johnston 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am sorry about your dog. I would go get him and bring him home to bury- but that is me. You are not at fault for your dog dying. Your dog ran off and God called him to Heaven. Sometimes dogs run off. It is usually not to their best interest to do this. You should write a memorial in honor of his life. There are some good ones on the Internet. Include a nice picture of him. You could even set up a little memorial for him in your home. If you could talk to your dog right now- do you think that he would blame you? You know that he wouldn't.
You have enough pain- do not blame yourself.
2006-09-28 14:15:57 · answer #4 · answered by kittykat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a similar situation when I was a child. We would put our dogs on chains when they were out, but one day one ran out the door when I was home alone. She ran off and I had to track her down. I did catch her, but while taking her back home some kids rode by on bikes and they had a dog with them. Our dog got away from me and ran after them. She was hit by a passing truck and died. I can still see the images in my mind 30 years later. To some extent, I still blame myself.
While there are several reasons I think some pet owners are very irresponsible with letting their pets loose, your situation doesn't quite fall into those. He wasn't hit by a car right outside your house, for example.
You had an established routine. He was use to doing his business and coming back. You don't indicate that there was anything different that you would have suspected him to behave differently. Also, I think him running into a snake or whatever, was not something you could control either. In was an unfortunate incident with no one to blame.
I don't know the area you live or any details like that, but perhaps you might want to consider making a change on this practice for any future dogs. Perhaps a chain/rope or a fence (either real or invisible) in an attempt to prevent this from happening again.
I am sorry for your lose. Please take care and stop blaming yourself.
2006-09-28 10:35:54 · answer #5 · answered by hatober 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
might have been a snake - might have been hit by a car, might have been poisoned or even shot, hard to say
you should have buried him or cremated him.. leaving him laying there is probably illegal, as would be simply dumping him in the garbage
you shouldnt get a dog unless you have a properly fenced yard for the dog to go out in, or a secure dog run...
yes sadly it probably was partially your fault - dont get another dog until you have your yard better for a dog to go out (chaining dogs is not a good idea, it often makes them more agressive) sorry about your dog
2006-09-28 10:22:44 · answer #6 · answered by CF_ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Definitely not! Dogs are curious by nature, he wanted to explore the area and maybe expand his territory. No matter what you did to keep him inside, if he picked up a scent of something, he would find a way to get out and track down the smell. Don't beat yourself up, his last thoughts were probably of you and your family. Take time to grieve and remember him. If you rush off to get a new replacement pet, it will be bad for both of you. If your new pet doesn't act like your last pet, you may grow to resent him. Not intentionally of course. I'm sorry for your loss.
2006-09-28 10:30:21 · answer #7 · answered by Pixie31 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, wasnt totally your fault. My neighbor does the same thing with their dog. Let her out the front door, and a few minutes later open it back up to let her in. But maybe you should have taken the time to leash him up and walk him.
2006-09-28 12:20:17 · answer #8 · answered by some guy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry for your loss I know it really hurts. I have blamed myself for one of dog's tragic deaths.and Part of me knows it is not my fault and part of me says it is. Do not blame your self you do not know what fully happened and accidents well happen. I know that my dog who died lived to make me happy and he would not want me carrying the guilt. I know that I gave him the best possible life he could have had and I tried to save him. You can not predict an animals behavior and you did not intentionally put him in harms way. Do not blame youself.
2006-09-28 16:03:35 · answer #9 · answered by TritanBear 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hunny it is NOT your fault. Dogs like to run and get curious and like to check things out. You just did what you always do and let him run and have fun! Don't be so hard on yourself...but I know how it feels to lose a pet! I know how you feel! So sorry for your loss....HUGS to you!
2006-09-28 10:30:12 · answer #10 · answered by Shae 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋