Comments on: Is Man’s Best Friend a Pessimist?

By: Deirdre

Deirdre — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 22:39:00 +0000

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Do-Animals-Commit-Suicide-63441.shtml
link for my other comment

By: Deirdre

Deirdre — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 22:38:00 +0000

Interesting post Gabb, I never thought that animals could have depression. I was interested in other animals having depression, so I looked it up. I found out that other animals will become sad when their partner dies. This applies more often to animals in the wild who mate to achieve the biological goal. Researchers are also interested in testing if animals commit suicide. This, like the depression topic is hard to assess because we can never actually know what an animal is thinking. On the website I found information from, there were cases where animals perform dangerous endeavors after the death of their master. I do not know the validity of this case but I can say that my dog, who has been given to us because my Uncle was moving has no signs of depression. If depression occurred in all animals after the disappearance of their owners, I’m sure my dog would be a little more hesitant on life.

By: Joeybronzz

Joeybronzz — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:09:00 +0000

This was an interesting post Gabby. I have a dog, but she’s always happy and never hesitant. There have been experts and studies that show dogs can be depressed via a death, seperation, or chronic pain. My family has had someone in our house recently pass away. My dog Charlie still goes into that persons room and sits with a sad demeanor.
http://pets.webmd.com/dogs/features/depression-in-dogs