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MARCH/APRIL 2016
Sam and Sadie
Dealing With the
Loss of a Pet
How will you know it’s time
to say goodbye?
by Martha Evans Sparks,
Staff Writer
“Lose J.J.?” You could hear the
alarm in Wilmore resident Jeanne
Burrows’ voice. “If he died, I’d feel
like I lost my best friend!”
J.J. is Burrows’ 10-year-old toy
poodle. She and her husband got
him when he was less than six weeks
old and weighed about two pounds.
“He’s getting a little gray,” Burrows
said. “I realize he’s getting old and
I’m getting older.”
Burrows’ horror at the thought
of losing her beloved pet is not
unusual. Kim Burford of Lexington
says she has lost three miniature
Schnauzers. “Each time it has been
absolutely devastating to me,” she
said. “I personally feel like they
become a member of my family.
They’re like my little babies. Dogs,
you know, have some people traits.
They feel pain, happiness, j