this post was submitted on 16 Nov 2025
15 points (85.7% liked)
Casual Conversation
1529 readers
87 users here now
Share a story, ask a question, or start a conversation about (almost) anything you desire. Maybe you'll make some friends in the process.
RULES
- Be respectful: no harassment, hate speech, bigotry, and/or trolling.
- Encourage conversation in your OP. This means including heavily implicative subject matter when you can and also engaging in your thread when possible.
- Avoid controversial topics (e.g. politics or societal debates).
- Stay calm: Don’t post angry or to vent or complain. We are a place where everyone can forget about their everyday or not so everyday worries for a moment. Venting, complaining, or posting from a place of anger or resentment doesn't fit the atmosphere we try to foster at all. Feel free to post those on !goodoffmychest@lemmy.world
- Keep it clean and SFW
- No solicitation such as ads, promotional content, spam, surveys etc.
Casual conversation communities:
- !casualuk@feddit.uk
- !casualeurope@piefed.social
- !forumlibre@jlai.lu
- !batepapo@lemmy.eco.br
- !esp@lemm.ee
Related discussion-focused communities
- !actual_discussion@lemmy.ca
- !askmenover30@lemm.ee
- !dads@feddit.uk
- !letstalkaboutgames@feddit.uk
- !movies@piefed.social
- !television@piefed.social
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
We just said goodbye to our almost 14 year old Tamaskan Dog yesterday. His name was Dokken, and he was our foundation. We are beyond devastated, but we have some small solace that we prevented him from a lot of suffering, and we got to spend his last moments with him telling him how much he meant to us, how much joy he brought not to just us but dozens, if not hundreds, of people he's met over the years.
It also helps that we brought home a puppy a few years ago, who Dokken helped us raise and socialize. And that puppy was able to visit Dokken in the hospital one last time, and he was able to be with us in the room after Dokken had passed, so he had an opportunity for closure about why he'll never see his big brother again.
Please hug or pet or otherwise give your dogs a little extra love for him. Cherish every second you have with them.