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Dog is man's best friends. Indeed, I had bought a dog three years ago. I have always like dogs. I love pets. Since young, I had chickens, tortoises, birds, fish, mice/hamsters and rabbits as pets. It was not until when I got married and have my own house then I had my first dog. The fun really began there. However, due to my pregnancy, I was not able to look after the dog then, and I had to give it away.

That is my first 'loss' of a dog. However this 'loss' is not a natural 'loss' as in death. However, still, it is a 'loss' from my life. I do not know where he is now also or whether he is still alive now a not. This 'loss' was not a great one for me as I was 'busy with my pregnancy' at that time, having morning sickenss and all sorts of headaches and pains here and there. I was not able to bath for him, played with him from since pregnancy started at about 6-7weeks. As such, the 'affection' seems to diminish, and by the time after my confinements, and I was back to normal again, I was like strangers to him. He saw me and he went away. He also refused me to cut his nails, he was very aggressive and fierce. That was the reason he was given away. So you can imagine, there was not much of grief at that time, but I was sad though whenever I thought of the good times with him.

The real loss of a dog happens to me only just recently in June. It is the saddest day in my life. Till now, I still miss him a lot and hope he will come back to me. But having to cope with it, I have to comfort myself my saying 'probably it is better for us(the family) since now we got a 'mouth' lesser to feed'. Even though that is not the reason! Given a choice, even if no money, I would still want my dog to live healthily and to live with the family at least till old age.

However, he died at a young age of three years old. The family loved him dearly especially me. So you can expect who will be the one suffer the most grief! Different members in the family have different levels of grieves.

To some people, after their dog died, they cannot eat, cannot sleep, cannot resume their normal activities for a period of time. This period of time, in my opinion, depends on the level of affection you had for your dog. This means that how much you love your dog and how much you can accept it. If you love your dog very much and everyday you spend time with him, lossing it, you will feel very painful. And the time taken to heal the pain is equally long if you are not

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