Why Do We Grieve Losing a Pet So Deeply?

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Here are just some of the reasons why the human-pet connection is so profound, by eLizMarcus

, similar to that between humans and infants. We bathe and cuddle our pets, shelter and feed them, and they depend on us completely. No wonder many of us see them as fur babies.

The human-pet connection is so powerful that even the death of someone else’s pet can touch us to the core. My hairdresser George had a friend with a yappy Shih Tzu named Cleo whom he’d never liked and who he was sure didn’t like him. One day during a visit, the dog jumped up on the couch where George sat, flipping through a magazine. When Cleo tapped a page with her paw, George turned it over, and a duet ensued for the next quarter hour.

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