Walnut's Last Walk

Iamnobody

http://metro.co.uk/2016/11/12/people-and-their-dogs-join-walnut-the-greyhound-for-his-last-ever-walk-on-the-beach-6252724/

Looks like hundreds of people turned out to support Walnut. 

He was PTS 10 minutes ago.

As an owner of a geriatric dog I'm going to have to do this one day. Although my goodbye will hopefully be a private family affair,  I think Walnut's owner did a nice thing. Each to their own in these circumstances.

tone1

I was in Newquay yesterday and every local I spoke to was going to turn up for his last walk 

thecolourbox

I am in tears here, I kid you not. What a beautiful thing to happen.

TheBlueWolf

I'd prefer to have my 20 year old cat go in private but the turn out for Walnut put a smile on my face

Nunogilberto

There's an awful lot of social media bile and bitterness about this story, claiming that the dog owner is media hungry and has turned it into a circus.

I don't see anything wrong with the story to be honest. Other people only want to join the walk out of compassion I reckon.

cruxiform

Lovely story. As somebody who has seen a beloved dog put to sleep I can empathise with him. I think getting other dog owners to join Walnut for his final walk is a wonderful thing.

TheBlueWolf

I must have missed the negative stuff but I don't see any harm in doing what he did  and it's good to see others join in as well.

Sambostar

It's good hearted but a bit cruel though eh. 

Dogs are pack animals and they'll usually wander off away from the pack on their own when they are weak and dying.  What seems like a heartfelt send off with a lot of other people and other dogs would have really stressed the old bugger out no end and is not what really what nature intended, although I don't know how sick or close to death he was.

Iamnobody

Nunogilberto said:

There's an awful lot of social media bile and bitterness about this story, claiming that the dog owner is media hungry and has turned it into a circus.

I don't see anything wrong with the story to be honest. Other people only want to join the walk out of compassion I reckon.

That's a shame - there are some cynical bastards about.

As I said before - it wouldn't be my approach but I don't think his actions were at all disingenuous. He probably just wanted to attract support locally but the world is a very small place these days and things soon go viral.