Where the Red Fern Grows is a book that stuck with me. Pushed me to get a dog when I was a kid. Gave me a love of dogs that has not changed. Did any book hit you hard as a kid?

Never heard of that book in my life

Googled a quick run down and lucky for you "old dan" is the dog, or you would have had some negs coming your way

Redwall series

Martin the Warrior and Sunflash the Mace taught me a lot of extraordinary virtues such as passion, humility, and peace through capability.

The movie broke me srs.

Old Yeller too.

Funny so many of us read the same books throughout school. Hatchet, Where the Red Fern Grows, Flowers for Algernon, The Outsiders, The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, etc.

I read ‘1984’ in HS

Seemed like a chilling but fantastical portrayal of totalitarianism…that is now always on the verge of reality

First time a book gave me feels. Old Yeller is gold as well.

Why TF are so many American books on animals so fukkin sad.

Last of the Mohicans is another one. Watership down. Makes me fukkin sad and worried for my dog.

We had good teachers. I’m having my kid read some of these outside of school, because they aren’t on the reading list.

If souls are a thing, my dog had a better one than mine. I think people who experience this, get it, moreso than people who opine on it hypothetically.

My dog is pretty spoilt and stubborn, but he's also very old. I feel sad everytime I see him. I go to pat other dogs and feel fat and muscle on them. All I can feel on mine is bones. Multiple vets have already told me not to increase feeding, because it'll make his arthritis worse. Bought him a ramp to use for a small step I have, but he refuses to use it unless treats are involved, almost as if he doesn't want to admit he's getting old.

Animals always make me feel a bit sad. There's a lot of deaths in the animal kingdom. I think people have good lives, so they're largely shielded from it.

1. Sorry to hear it brah, best wishes to your dog. Probably a dumb question, but did they attempt steroid shots or pills?

2. I catch my brother in the morning standing over out at our family puppers grave. He is in his 50s, and raised her since she looked like some little marshmallow pokemon. He did not know better and got her from a store known for puppymills. She died at 7 of GME (doggo cancer), and he spent himself into debt for her comfort and a few more weeks.

That animal was pure love, concentrated into 20 pounds. I swear, she knew when people had a bad day, and gave them extra attention. It was uncanny.

Thanks mate. He's on beransa shots, which is extremely good for elderly dogs. No pain anymore, but you can tell he's stiff AF and has slowed down massively. He used to race across an entire football field in seconds. A chitbull chased him one day, and he managed to outrun it massively, extremely athletic. These days, he can't even walk to the park. I put him in a little pram, bring him there to sniff around a small spot, then bring him home.

Shelling out $100 a month on his pain meds, plus more on supps. It's well worth it.

His mom was a champion showdog, so they scan for genetic issues in the pups. He's coming to 15. I feel like this winter will be his last. Sad AF.

He was with us for the hardest and darkest part of our lives. I'll never forget him till my dying breath.

The Giving Tree, Anne of Green Gables, Charlotte's Web and The Velveteen Rabbit.

I can't remember all the books I've read as a young child but these one's stick with me.

Hatchet, Narnia LWW, The Devils Court. Stephen King did a number on me looking back. I tossed his books so my kids don’t become psychopaths.

Not a book in particular, but the fantasy genre made me an Atheist.

So many books with made up religions with made up rules etc etc and it just kinda dawned on me that like... real word religions are just the same damn thing for the same damn reasons. **** someone wrote in a book.

Danny Champion of the World
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Tom Sawyer (read like 10 times from 6-10 years old)
Tripod Series by John Christopher
Enders Game
Louis Lamour westerns
Hearts in Atlantis
Gunslinger