In the UK, one owner's dog died. People told her, "He's just a dog and you'll get another one." She said people didn't get it. In a Blue Cross survey of 2,000 UK owners, nearly half felt they suffered in silence.
Vet TimesPeople around me don't understand. They think it was just a dog
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Human-Animal Interactions (DOAJ)「My dog died and I was so sad, but people around me brushed it off, and that hurt me too.」
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