[thatmariolover]

Yeah, I really hear you on this. I grew up with two cats that were ~8 years old when I was born. So I had them most of my childhood, but they died when I was about nine from Kidney failure. We had them on a special diet and everything, it just wasn't enough.

And then about seven years ago we had gotten a Dachshund. We had time to really enjoy it, she was just one of the best tempered dogs you could have. But one morning when my dad let it out, it followed my brother's scent down to the end of the drive way because he'd gone to school and a car hit it.