[ SECRET POST #1959 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1959 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Secrets Left to Post: 04 pages, 085 secrets from Secret Submission Post #280.
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Comments

[fscom.livejournal.com]

17. http://i45.tinypic.com/20atmbk.jpg

[inboots.livejournal.com]

ugh this cap

adblocking, i can't deal with the sad rn

[periariyx.livejournal.com]

I don't even know how I'll cope when it eventually comes time that I can't be there for the moment any of the dogs I've grown up with have to go.

Sympathies and condolences.

[sparklywalls.livejournal.com]

This secret has made me feel sad :( It's because it's THAT episode and also one of the worst days of my life was when I had to take my rabbit to the vet to be put down. I held him as the injection went in and I swear he knew roughly what I was doing. I know people think I'm just being a stupid animal lover and don't get me wrong, he was in so much pain it was the kindest thing (he had an abscess in his jaw that got so big his jaw probably collapsed) but I still hated that I had to do it.

BUT OP, I didn't mean to make you feel worse. One thing that has helped me cope all these years is the people saying that my rabbit probably had a really happy life with me. He was loved and never wanted for anything. You made a decision that was best for your dog, I imagine you still love your dog. And even when she's gone nobody can take that away. I'm sure that in her own way she doesn't feel anything bad. Didn't Seymour wait because he was loyal and thought Fry was coming back? I never got the impression he felt abandoned.

Sorry for the tl:dr. And I'm sorry about your dog. I hope you'll get through it ok.

[straydog733.livejournal.com]

My condolences to you. My dog passed away while I was at college, so I know what that situation can feel like, even though I will not pretend to be able to know exactly what you are feeling. But it sounds like you were making what was the best choice for her. Bringing her with you might have eased your guilt, but it seems pretty clear that it would have been worse for her. You made her life easier because you love her, and no matter how it ends up, you will have made her life a good one and she will know she was loved.

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Oh, anon. ;_;

I've been lucky enough to be able to take my dogs wherever I've moved, but I can still relate to the idea. If your parents loved your dog as much as you did, she's had a good life. And hopefully, when the time is right, you'll find another dog you can have in NYC.

Try to celebrate her life, and not live in sorrow for what might have beens.

[(Anonymous)]

I am honestly tearing up just from the screencap. I have an old, long distance pup, too. I see him on Skype, and he still looks healthy, but he's deaf and mostly blind so as far as he's concerned I'm just gone. And I don't know when (if?) I'll be close enough to hug him and let him smell me again.

[tsu.livejournal.com]

While the retcon slightly annoyed me at first (because god, although it's heart-wrenchingly sad, it's so POWERFUL), the movie "Bender's Big Score" DOES make me feel better about that episode. Much happier ending for Seymour, at least.

[open-the-blinds.livejournal.com]

Jurassic Bark, I can't... D: D: D:

I can't even listen to the song, completely outside of the show, on it's own, without thinking about Seymour, waiting forever.... and then I have to run and clutch my cat and my dog to my bosom and ugly cry.

[intrigueing.livejournal.com]

This episode is my favorite Futurama episode by far, but yes, it also upset me far too much to ever rewatch it. It's seared into my memory anyway, so I don't need to. I actually don't think any half-hour of TV has ever affected me as much as this episode did :(

[deadtree.livejournal.com]

UGH, this episode D: Actually, Hachiko's story in any iteration is something I can't take. Unbearably sad :(

[raichu100.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry to hear that, OP.

My dog is very old for a dog her size, but she is in relatively good health right now, which I'm very thankful for. She has a lot of white hair on her face (which used to just be cinnamon and black) and has some arthritis and general spaciness/slight hearing loss, but no major/life threatening problems. I try not to think about what will happen to her down the road and I hope for many more years for her to be healthy and a part of my family. However, I know that old dogs can go downhill very fast and I spend 3/4 of my time at college, an hour away from my house.

I have told my family that if she begins to go downhill to notify me. I will do everything in my power to get home - drop work if I can, skip classes unless I absolutely can't, cancel plans - so I can be with her when the time comes if I am not already there. I can't imagine what it will be like if somehow I can't get home. It would be so much more devastating than it already will be.

Hugs and condolences, OP. Best wishes.

[runonmoonlight.livejournal.com]

Oh sweetie.

I felt the same when I had to leave my cat with my parents when I moved, he was about 12 at the time, and I was moving onto a busy street, and he was an outdoor cat that I could never have made stay inside (he needed his weekly squirrel allotment in his diet, and there was no way I was getting him those). But I tried to take some comfort in that he also lived with my parents most of his life, and he was in his home. Try to take comfort that he's not in a strange new place, and with people he does know and love. Even as hard as it is

Remember, dogs are the most forgiving when it comes to those they love. Missing you yes, but love is what your dog has in her heart.

*massive hugs*

[captivatedlady.livejournal.com]

It's not just you, that is a terrible horrible sad episode. I can't even stand to see anything associated with it or the one where Fry thinks his brother stole his identity. Me and my husband will bawl like babies.

[bluelimeade.livejournal.com]

OP, I'm so sorry for you and your dog. I hope her final days are happy.

I can relate. This is the second anniversary of the day my dog was put down... which is the day before my birthday... And I didn't find out about her passing until a few weeks later. Apparently I'm coping by making Inappropriate Timing Spongebob pictures. Oh, all this sorrow.

If you'll excuse me, I have a corner to go mope in. [/wangst]

[(Anonymous)]

That was the feeling that really got me bawling when my cat died a couple of years ago while I was on the other side of the country for college. I was sad that she was gone, but I really hated that she loved me and I wasn't there for her when she might have most needed me. :'(

[spicandspan89.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry, OP. I'm in a very similar situation atm so I get what you're going through. (Also, this ep always makes me cry.) However, dogs are incredibly loving and loyal animals, and they think the world of their owners. Your dog loves you unconditionally and she would no doubt want you to be happy, not to feel guilty. Not sure what else to suggest, except to focus on the times you do get to see her, and on the wonderful memories you've shared over the years. I wish you all the best.

[(Anonymous)]

Same here OP. Compounded by the fact that my dog actually looked like Seymour. Same age as him too. I was in your exact same situation and my dog died 2 weeks after Ieft.

I'm just gonna go cry now.

[(Anonymous)]

Slightly unrelated but my head-canon was the dog got reincarnated into Scruffy. They look so similar o_o

[silverau.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry. ;_; I'm sure you did what was best for your dog and that she doesn't dislike you for leaving.

[(Anonymous)]

God, that ep. I may have teared up a little. And it always makes me think of the end of My Dog Skip and...yeah. It's all just heartbreaking as hell.

So I'm sorry you're feeling that way. And I completely understand because I get sad just thinking that my dog won't be around forever. But at the same time, it's obvious as can be that you love that dog. And she knows it.

I know it won't completely get rid of the hurt, but just remember that you absolutely made her life one of love and happiness and good times. And that's nothing to dismiss.

[drunken-clowns.livejournal.com]

If it's any consolation, I've read that real life dogs usually bounce back pretty quickly. In situations where an owner dies, the dog's often confused, they try to find the owner, but after a little while they adjust to the new way the household's going to be. So I'm guessing if a family member left the nest, the dog might not know what's going on for a little bit, but the household minus that person is the new status quo. It'll still remember them and be fond of them, but it won't see them as a permanent household member and desperately want them to live there full-time again. Of course, there are exceptional dogs like Hachiko, but even in those cases, perceived super-loyalty might be more like adjusting to a new routine. It's very possible that Hachiko might have gotten a lot of affection and attention from people at the station while still in that adjustment period, and that became part of his new life. We like to project human emotions onto animals- a dog that continues waiting for his master is grieving to us because that's how we'd interpret a human doing the same thing, but that dog might be experiencing what he's doing in a totally different way.

I'm not an animal expert, just someone who reads things, so if anyone here is an animal expert and I'm wrong, please let me know! But to the best of my knowledge, your dog is probably okay.

But if you can take the time to visit her, and she's still around by now, you probably should. It might not be super meaningful to the dog, but saying goodbye might be important to you when you're looking back on your memories of her.

[mutantjules.livejournal.com]

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saddest episode of anything

I'm sorry about your dog.

[puckyducky.livejournal.com]

My dog is the main reason I don't move out or even go on vacation...

[ms-manic.livejournal.com]

My dog died a couple of weeks ago and I watched this episode a few days after it happened. He was a rescue dog and had really bad separation anxiety because his last owner died and he thought that when I left I was leaving forever too. Seeing the end of this episode was the first time I'd properly cried since the day we had him put down. It makes me tear up just thinking about it. I try to comfort myself with knowing that now he's dead at least he'll never have to be alone and frightened again. I know that he's safe.