Oh dear! oh my!! I'm ROFLing like crazy. The dogs think I'm having a fit
This is a serous subject, whcih seems to be causign a lot of naval-gazing, angst, and aggro -
but this just makes me larf and larf. Thanks Krizon
I lost my best dog 11 years ago and still think of her and miss her every day. I grieved for her for a year or more, in the way one would for a person; I was desolated by her loss. She'd been with me since the year I married, been with me in three different countries, seen me through the divorce and the difficult forging of a whole new life. She was my best friend, through all of that... maybe only people who live alone canunderstand that
As for horses, some we lament, and some we truly grieve for. I have press cuttings of Ei Ei although I never saw him in the flesh - but I do wish I had. He was charismatic even on the telly, I was extremely upset when he died. But I was there the day Persian Punch collapsed and died, right in front of me. I went totally to pieces as did many on the course - about half the crowd just left. I wept for him on and off for months, in fact I still do if let myself dwell on it. Who knows why or how one horse, [or dog, or man] can get under your skin?
This doesn't mean we have souls - no siree. Let those who believe in the Mass, believe. Let those who believe in our responsibility to and for the animals we tame and use, deal with that in their own way. No-one should be mocked for their feelings or for the way they come to terms with the moral ambiguities which racing throws up, sometimes to our discomfort.
It's easy enough to avoid a thread in this forum if it offends or irritates, so why read it if you don't like it?
