Re: putting a dog down just might be the worst feeling in life.

Yes, I agree that pets offer something that human beings do not. I have always heard from pet people, dog people most often that the owners loved their pets more than most people they've ever known in their lives. I get that. I've met a ton of people in my life, thousands on first name basis...and I really would only trade my little dog for maybe...10 of 'em. Maybe. People often disappoint, in fact, most people you meet in life will disappoint you. Dogs rarely do. They offer their love and tenderness day after day after day with enthusiasm and joy, unlike any living creature I know of. A gift from above? I do think so. What other explanation can one give? What other makes sense? I can watch my mom in surgery and not shed a tear, my sister is a disaster, my dad dies and I don't even get an invite, friends come and go, but this little sweet dog is put to sleep and I feel such a deep loss. People don't affect me, dogs do...it's true in my case. I have a special affection for loyalty and treating a life with love. I can count on one hand people and pets here on earth I've met that delivered on those qualities...my wife, my son, and my sweet little precious dog. That's all I need. All the others have varying degrees of affinity in my heart for various reasons. My dog was a special life.