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UK Bomb sniffer dog dies of broken heart .
I don't know if dogs do die of a broken heart but the whole story is
tragic. :'( *In life, they were united in their tireless work saving countless British soldiers in Afghanistan. In death, they were united in tragedy. Shortly after Lance Corporal Liam Tasker was killed in a firefight with the Taliban, his devoted Army search dog Theo suffered a seizure and passed away too.* Read more at : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...rl.com/6kbue2y Alison, |
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UK Bomb sniffer dog dies of broken heart .
I don't now what happeded there, That should be two seperate links.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1FZ38NTtC http://tinyurl.com/6kbue2y -- Alison, |
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UK Bomb sniffer dog dies of broken heart .
On Thu, 3 Mar 2011 19:04:30 -0000, "Alison"
wrote: I don't know if dogs do die of a broken heart but the whole story is tragic. :'( *In life, they were united in their tireless work saving countless British soldiers in Afghanistan. In death, they were united in tragedy. Shortly after Lance Corporal Liam Tasker was killed in a firefight with the Taliban, his devoted Army search dog Theo suffered a seizure and passed away too.* Read more at : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...rl.com/6kbue2y Alison, Sad story. But it's more likely that the seizure wasn't due to a broken heart (they weren't together that long, anyway), but to genetics. Springers are relatively high up on the list of breeds susceptible to seizures (epilepsy), and epilepsy is thought to be related to what's commonly known as "rage syndrome." Godspeed to both. -- Dogman |
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UK Bomb sniffer dog dies of broken heart .
Agree with Dogman on this one. A dog that dies of mourning generally
takes weeks-months to do so and is obviously mourning; withdraws from other relationships, acts depressed, eats poorly, if at all. (Did you ever read the book or see the movie _Where the Red Fern Grows_ ? One of the dogs was so tightly bonded to the other that when the other dog died, the first one dwindled....) Some other cause.... the seizure.... intervened here, much faster. Genetics-based epilepsy, brain tumor, even an aneurism, ingestion of some toxic material.... He was a very handsome dog.... Jo Wolf Martinez, Georgia |
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UK Bomb sniffer dog dies of broken heart .
On Thu, 3 Mar 2011 21:11:22 -0800, "Phyrie"
wrote: [...] P.S. I've never seen, nor read, Where the Red Fern Grows. Is it non-fiction? It's fiction. It was a movie, too (a tear jerker, as they say). (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8JOVLR_1VI) And the dog who supposedly died from grief had just fought a mountain lion (along with her buddy, who was killed in the fight) a few days before and was herself seriously wounded in the encounter. I think that probably had something to do with it too, eh? Heh. And I agree with you, I think dogs generally do just fine after they lose a beloved owner or canine buddy. They move on. -- Dogman |
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UK Bomb sniffer dog dies of broken heart .
"Dogman" wrote in message
... On Thu, 3 Mar 2011 19:04:30 -0000, "Alison" But it's more likely that the seizure wasn't due to a broken heart (they weren't together that long, anyway), but to genetics. Springers are relatively high up on the list of breeds susceptible to seizures (epilepsy), and epilepsy is thought to be related to what's commonly known as "rage syndrome." Godspeed to both. I think you're right. I expect stress exacerbates any underlying condition and the dog Theo must have been under constant stress in those conditions. Godspeed to both, Al al |
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