Oprah Brought To Tears By Tribute To Her Dead Dog

People criticizing her for this go ahead and donate the same % of your income 9 as she does to charity) to CHILDREN! Cynics of the world unite and get rid of your material world: Give everything you have to charity!

Shame on all of you! Ms Winfrey's towering grief will be attended to! It is epic! It is important! And all those who speak ill of the dramatics and self-centeredness will be destroyed!

Has Oprah ever broken down and cried over dead Iraqi women or children?
Nothing on Google that I could find says she has. Typical American.

Please Please NO more Oprah articles.
She is a publicity seeking celebrity.
OMG I just can't stand her.

Oprah, Let's shed our tears about the military and civilian deaths in Iraq.
Then, we could shed some tears for the thousands of the critically wounded, whose lives have been shattered. Then tell us what Obama is going to do about any of this.

CRIMINY.....You people are hateful

Huffpo: I am about sick of Oprah's dead dog. I'm over it, you get over it, and she can get over it. Take down her photo. I'm tired of looking at it.

Of all the tragedies she has reported or explored on her show, the only thing she cries over is her dog's death.

Women love pets because they can control them. Put some effort into a relationship with a person. You've got to let go of control but it's worth it. Then we'll honor the tears. But this stuff with the pets, this is just practice, and it gets no honor.

How many tears has she shed for our brave men and women in IRAQ on air?? When do THEY get a tribute show?

Just tell us when that hankie/napkin/Kleenex is on e-bay. I need to make a bid.

It is sad to see so much negativity on the blogs these days. Granted, we live in a challenging time, where cynicism is thriving, but can't we also be touched and cry for another's loss? Have we lost our ability to relate to each other, even on the most basic level? We comfort friends and family during loss, but why can't we respect loss when it also affects people that we do not know personally.
I applaud anyone who has the courage to expose abuse/inhumane treatment, (whether it be animal or human). We all have a responsibilty to be "mindful" when relating to others. Thanks to Oprah, millions of us have been affected by one little orange book, "A New Earth" by Eckhart Tolle.
Just by reading some of these posts, I am convinced that most people are still kind and good-natured.

Oh she cathects dogs. She is so pathetic. I can't bear to watch her. She sheds more tears for a dog than she does for human suffering. She has barely spoken out about this illegal and horrific war in Iraq. There is something wrong with that woman, she is truly damaged.

I prefer humans over animals, but my heart goes out to Oprah. She's done a lot of good in this country and abroad.

Ok, Oprah shows she has a way to grab a story and publicity... It's a dog, get over it. That school business was even worse... She should be begging for more regulation for schools and all the children who have been killed in schools here in this country... What about those parents and their heart break and the random killings in this country..

ok Oprah, let's get real about this country and jobs and murder and mayhem....

Who the hell cares about Oprah and her dog. Tell her to get another from the pound .Let us stop living through these celebrities. This is a non-story, move on to more important things like people losing their homes and jobs.

When all other friends desert, he remains. When riches take wing, and reputation falls to pieces, he is as constant in his love as the sun in its journey through the heavens.

If fortune dries his master forth, an outcast in the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege that that of accompanying him against danger, to fight against his enemies. And when that last scene comes, and death takes his master in its embrace and his body is laid away in the cold ground, no matter if all other friends pursue their way, there, by the graveside will the noble dog be found, his head between his paws, his eyes sad, but open in alert watchfulness, faithful, and true, even in death."
Senator Vest, speaking to a jury about Old Drum, shot in 1869.
Part2

"The best friend man has in the world may turn against him and become his worst enemy. His son, or his daughter, that he has reared with loving care may prove ungrateful. Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust with our happiness and good name may become traitors to their faith. The money a man has he may lose. It flies away from him, perhaps when he needs it most. A man's reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of ill-considered action. The people who are prone to fall on their knees when success is with us may be the first to throw the stone of malice when failure settles its cloud upon our head.

The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog. A man's dog stands by him in prosperity and poverty, in health and in sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground when the wintry winds blow and the snow drives fiercely, if only to be near his master's side. He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer, he will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounters with the roughness of the world. He guards the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a prince.

Part 1

The death of a pet is very awkward. On the one hand, we know intellectually that it was not a human and that the loss is not on a par with the all too common human suffering that exists in the world. On the other hand--and ironically--our relationships with animals humanize us. It is common knowledge that there is no better predictor of violence and inhumanity, than violence a person expresses toward animals. One thing animals have in common with humans is that each one is unique. The loss of a pet with which you have spent a lot of time is tremendously sad. Yet, expressing that sadness is not societally kosher. Either the sadness is not appreciated, or, worse, it is mocked. Much as it is here.

Such mocking is mere bullying. The purported concern for humanity that accompanies this mockery is false. And the mockery says far more about its source than about the one taking time to weep. There is no reason that sadness over a pet in any way makes one less sensitive or responsive to human suffering. If anything the bulliers could better spend their time in some humanitarian effort. As I understand it Oprah has made substantial efforts in this regard herself.