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Originally Posted by Tom
Not saying its any easier with different kind of pets, but in my experience losing dogs is always worse than others. Its just because you tend to interact with dogs more and they seem able to show you their emotions. Theres also no better feeling than going home, whether its been an hour, overnight, a week or a month and your dog is always behind the door ready to jump on you and lick your face
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I've never had a dog, so I can't really compare the experience. I interact loads with my cats. Not so much with the little pets though.. and although it's not nice losing the small pets, the advantage is that they don't tend to live long, so you don't have as strong a bond as you do when, for example, your 13 year old cat goes.. [as I had to unfortunately experience a few years ago]. Do you have both dogs and cats Tom?
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Originally Posted by Zee
I think dogs and cats show the most personality out of all types of pets, in my experience. I have a cat and, time to get soppy, there've been a few times where I've been crying quietly, alone in my room about things and she's slunk into the room, sat down on my lap and made me feel better - her personality is totally different to my brother's cat, etc...
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My cats do that too. I've had my in-the-corner-crying moments and one of the cats always seems to show up and snuggle up purring.. weird little critters they are.. and, yeah, I agree about them having very different personalities.. we've had 4 cats in total [only have 2 now], and I had 2 cats at 2 different times when I lived at my parents house. None of them were the same - personality-wise.