What is so valuable about AFN is that we are proponents of safe cannabis use for medical and relaxation purposes. Overriding this is our near obsession with growing that perfect specimen.
So, we are a community from all over the world. And our forums reflect much more than just canna discussions. We are holistic with the center being our mutual understanding of cannabis as a tool-of-sorts. The site also provides all of us with a sense of community and much needed social interaction. It is an important site to so many. When the site goes down many are without a refuge and a home away from home.
We talk about everything under the sun, excepting a few highly volatile topics that one ought to even avoid, at times, in social circumstances.
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AFN members have all kinds of pets. I have read about exotic reptiles, snakes, and primates from all over. Of course, it is mostly dogs and cats.
As is the case some of our animal buddies leave us, under all kinds of circumstances. We have had many members grieving over a loss.
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I am one who had a shocking loss of a pet--recently. In the eighties and nineties I had a sweet female Airedale. I had to leave the city to relocate and she was becoming older and went a few months after I departed. I spent most of my time with her because I had a flexible business and she rode shotgun.
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Not all losses are the same with a pet. We share similar feelings but they might be tempered here and there or it was the result of a long illness, etc.
I was given the honor of taking care of a very special dog. All dogs are special. This one was something else--like a unique phenotype. I knew the dog as a pup. And then had her for three years; the last of which was as an adopted owner--an uncle of sorts.
This one, due to so many less than positive circumstances over the past few years, has really hit me. Hit me much harder than the loss of my own pet.
I don't want to dwell on details--at this time.
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I thought those who have made headway in overcoming their loss are now able to discuss what helped themselves etc.
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There are regular support groups for this sort of topic. I just looked at a few comments and many people have a difficult time.
I did like this link as an overview. http://www.cvm.ncsu.edu/vhc/pet_loss.html
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I realize this topic may not fly. It is a difficult one. If so, I will try to introduce a better thread.
Thanks to all who care to comment.
So, we are a community from all over the world. And our forums reflect much more than just canna discussions. We are holistic with the center being our mutual understanding of cannabis as a tool-of-sorts. The site also provides all of us with a sense of community and much needed social interaction. It is an important site to so many. When the site goes down many are without a refuge and a home away from home.
We talk about everything under the sun, excepting a few highly volatile topics that one ought to even avoid, at times, in social circumstances.
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AFN members have all kinds of pets. I have read about exotic reptiles, snakes, and primates from all over. Of course, it is mostly dogs and cats.
As is the case some of our animal buddies leave us, under all kinds of circumstances. We have had many members grieving over a loss.
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I am one who had a shocking loss of a pet--recently. In the eighties and nineties I had a sweet female Airedale. I had to leave the city to relocate and she was becoming older and went a few months after I departed. I spent most of my time with her because I had a flexible business and she rode shotgun.
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Not all losses are the same with a pet. We share similar feelings but they might be tempered here and there or it was the result of a long illness, etc.
I was given the honor of taking care of a very special dog. All dogs are special. This one was something else--like a unique phenotype. I knew the dog as a pup. And then had her for three years; the last of which was as an adopted owner--an uncle of sorts.
This one, due to so many less than positive circumstances over the past few years, has really hit me. Hit me much harder than the loss of my own pet.
I don't want to dwell on details--at this time.
___________________________________________________________________
I thought those who have made headway in overcoming their loss are now able to discuss what helped themselves etc.
___________________________________________________________________
There are regular support groups for this sort of topic. I just looked at a few comments and many people have a difficult time.
I did like this link as an overview. http://www.cvm.ncsu.edu/vhc/pet_loss.html
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I realize this topic may not fly. It is a difficult one. If so, I will try to introduce a better thread.
Thanks to all who care to comment.
