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As we get older, we start to think of what we’re leaving behind after we die.
Perhaps family, a legacy, a book, a story.
The thing we don’t take much into account is what our pets will do without us.
Often, it’s because it’s much more likely that we’ll have to face life without them
than the other way around.
What do pets do, then, when their masters die?
Do they go on and find other owners?
Not these pets.
These ten pets reactions at their masters’ graves will leave you wondering just how much
your pet needs and loves you after all.
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10.
Cat Love Dog people are quick to say that cats have
no feelings and would possibly eat you if you died and stopped feeding them.
This cat hears you and says “no, sir.”
She’s been sitting at her owner’s graveside and inside the owner’s house for a year,
walking back and forth between the locations on her own.
And she seemingly goes nowhere else.
These are the two places where the little gal feels right at home.
9.
Horse companion Wagner Figuerido grew very close to his horse,
Seren.
Then, in 2017, Wagner died in a tragic traffic accident.
Seren was a highlight of the funeral, always kept close to the casket and at one point
he smelled it, neighed, and rested its head on it as if to say goodbye one last time.
"It was as if the horse knew what was happening", the brother of Wagner said.
8.
Dogs Cry, Too.
We’ve seen a cat, a horse, and now, that inevitable moment: the first dog on our list.
It was difficult to attempt a list that wasn’t all dogs, as I feel like they’re one of
the most empathetic pets a person can have.
This dog either understands that his master has died, or feels the emptiness and sadness
around him.
Regardless, the grief in this short video is rather heartbreaking, as the dog lays on
the tombstone of his former friend, now deceased, crying.
7.
K-9 Says Goodbye Nothing worse than losing your partner, is
there?
Especially when your duty is to serve and protect.
This Police dog lost his partner in a suspected ambush.
He attended his funeral and clearly sparked waterworks among all who attended.
You can see from the photo taken that their bond was tight.
He lays his paw on the casket looking very somber.
We’re not sure whether he’ll be reassigned a new partner, but any officer would be lucky
to have such a loyal pup by his side.
Until death and beyond.
6.
Dita As our list moves forward, I start to wonder
why so many of these animals recognize gravesites as significant.
Do you think they can smell death lurking in the casket?
The sadness?
It’s truly hard to say, but there is something about graveyards that dogs, cats, and many
other pets understand.
This dog, Dita (deetay), is one of them.
Theresa and her husband Mike went to go visit Theresa's mother's gravesite with Dita, her
late mother's chihuahua, who died a year previous from congestive heart failure.
Every time they would visit the cemetery, with no help at all, Dita would run straight
to her owner's grave, passing others along the way.
And when it was time to go home, it was always a struggle to get Dita to follow them back
into the car, instead choosing to stay by her late masters' graveside.
5.
Toldo The Cat Though cats aren’t traditionally affectionate
(according to dog people) you’d be surprised that they have plenty of ways of showing love.
One of them is gift-giving.
For example, my friend’s cat loves to bring her half-alive insects.
See?
Love.
Toldo the cat speaks this love language, I think because when Reno, the cat’s master
died, the cat continued taking gifts to his grave every day for a year!
Ranging from leaves, twigs, plastic cups, and toothpicks, Toldo was very generous.
He worked so hard to please his master that he actually got bronchitis from his frequent
visits.
Now, Reno has processed through the pain and lives with his Master’s wife, Ada.
4.
Lao Pan's Dog Locals in an Eastern China town spotted a
tear-jerking moment when a dog refused to leave his master’s graveside.
They attempted to coax the little guy away, to care for him, but the dog would not have
it.
His elderly master had died and he could think of no better place to live than right by his
resting place.
He was so stuck on the idea, in fact, that the locals decided to help him instead by
building him a kennel right where he wants to live, next to his one true love.
3.
Tommy The Dog First of all, let’s start with the fact
that in this story a boy, named Bhaksar, died in a car accident in southern India.
That on its own is tragic.
He was young and his future was taken from him.
What’s worse is that his dog was waiting for him at home!
Of course, the dog was left broken-hearted.
It seems like he couldn’t take the news, or, frankly, understand them.
Which is why he just stayed at the boy’s grave, rain or shine.
He was dealing with grief so heavily that he actually stopped eating, going without
food for 15 days..
2.
Hawkeye Hawkeye, the dog of a slain U.S. Navy SEAL,
Jon Tumilson, refused to leave his side during his funeral back in 2011, and this picture
depicts clearly what he went through.
Jon was one of 30 American troops, including 22 Navy SEALs, who were killed in Afghanistan
on August 6th, 2011.
According to a Facebook post on Tumilson's memorial page, Hawkeye was adopted by one
of Jon's close Navy SEAL mates.
1.
Captain No dog on this list has held on to the grief
and pain for literally the rest of his life.
This dog, named Captain, knows a thing or two about commitment.
All the way in Argentina, he’s making the world cry yet again after 11 years of proven
loyalty.
How, you ask?
After his master died, over a decade ago, his son had tried to bring him back several
times, but the dog would make his way back to the gravesite.
For 11 years, the graveyard staff fed him, watched him, and got used to him being around.
Until one day, at 15 years old, he passed away.
Though goosebump-inducing, this isn’t unheard of.
Hachiko, a Japanese dog, was said to have waited at a train station for his master to
return for almost 10 years, after he died at work.