tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post8697784104571280737..comments2024-03-27T03:11:58.288-04:00Comments on Kitchen and Residential Design: From Panama to Providence: a Sunday storyPaul Anaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05777487147630173644noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-71190775050456611912012-05-23T08:59:20.192-04:002012-05-23T08:59:20.192-04:00We tried the letter routine about a week after the...We tried the letter routine about a week after the fact but there was too much anger and mourning already. This many years down the road the whole thing's just a bad story to tell.Paul Anaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05777487147630173644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-54317209666403341322012-05-23T08:36:33.655-04:002012-05-23T08:36:33.655-04:00I have been thinking about this post for a few day...I have been thinking about this post for a few days now Paul, especially as a dog owner. It grieves me that a wonderful friendship was destroyed because a dog did what dogs do. Melody is right. My dogs have never shown aggression to humans or other animals but I would never leave them alone or even unleashed with small children or any small pet for this very reason. I also immediately leave a dog park if people bring their small children inside the dog area. I can't even imagine the horror of the experience for you, Jim, and the two friends especially after having been so careful all weekend. I don't know if it would help, or perhaps it has already been tried, but a letter stating the feelings about the loss of friendship might help bridge the hurt.Ginny Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01396655160135514339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-75959179590886174112012-05-22T09:04:49.408-04:002012-05-22T09:04:49.408-04:00My initial response was to dismiss the whole situa...My initial response was to dismiss the whole situation with "But she's a dog." Twelve years after the fact however, that provides little comfort. Alex is long gone and a fractured friendship remains. If Alex had to exercise her chase instinct, I'm glad it was a cat and not a child.Paul Anaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05777487147630173644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-37472766789320924562012-05-22T08:31:39.935-04:002012-05-22T08:31:39.935-04:00Years ago when we lived in Michigan I adopted a pa...Years ago when we lived in Michigan I adopted a parakeet. We had the bird less than 24 hours when one of our schipperkes (who had the intellect of a 6 year old human) killed and consumed the bird. I was devastated and felt tremendous guilt but a simple statement from my boss at work, a no-nonsense Brit, changed everything. I was blubbering like an idiot and recounting the incident when he looked at me and said simply "But he's a dog". Those four words snapped me back into the reality of the situation and forced me to see the situation for what it really was. <br />Sometimes people forget that dogs are indeed dogs and that their cute little fluffies in their pink sweaters would really rather be rolling in a dead groundhog carcass or eating cat turds. <br />As far as the friendship goes, that's tough. Greyhounds, no matter how far removed from their roots, are coursing dogs. They were developed to be hunters and I doubt that will ever leave them. It's unfortunate the cat was killed, but accidents happen and you can't prevent a dog from carrying out its basest drives. <br />What a nightmare though. I'd feel bad too, but I hope they realize that it truly was an accident.Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05124636214096825169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-82654060939337936232012-05-21T00:27:12.386-04:002012-05-21T00:27:12.386-04:00Sad indeed Rufus. The whole episode borders on the...Sad indeed Rufus. The whole episode borders on the surreal, even after nearly 12 years. Our culture equips its members with the tools to deal with all kinds of situations; except for this one. I still don't know how to deal with it.Paul Anaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05777487147630173644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-30366040189448247082012-05-21T00:02:18.537-04:002012-05-21T00:02:18.537-04:00Your weekend guests were probably more upset with ...Your weekend guests were probably more upset with themselves than with you, Jim or Alex. You had an agreement and they probably feel as if they failed Punkin by not protecting him as they had promised -- to themselves, to you and Jim and to Punkin. Still sad.Rufus Dogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15478443774384410611noreply@blogger.com