Stray Dog

Be moichel it.

As 77 says.

She should face the dog, have in mind that if it is a gilgul of someone who has harmed her, that she is moichel that Neshama for whatever it is that it did. She should say moichel lach 3 times

bombmaniac – I don’t understand your post, and don’t see how it contributes to the topic. I apologize for being ignorant, but could you please explain it?

no…the talking fish…you never heard the stories? fish is really a gilgul of a person who needs to be mechaper for something…so it starts talking, or saying “shema”, you honestly never heard the stories?

This is so eerie. A similar thing happened to us a month after my Bubby O”H died. She was nifteres on Purim and on Shabbos Pesach, on what would have been her 87th birthday and also was the day of her Shloshim, a beautiful black and white dog came into our yard and would not leave. The particularly weird thing about this is that whenever my Bubby was in need of a blood transfusion (because of her fatal disease of the bone marrow), she would periodically begin to hallucinate for a couple of days, and always saw a black and white dog sitting under her sewing machine. P.S. because the dog exhibited incredibly smart and charming qualities, we who would NEVER have considered having a dog in our home for any reason, alowed him to become our cherished family pet. He was a phenomenal watchdog, and incredibly loyal to us. We always felt that Bubby had sent him to take care of us when she was gone, as she herself had taken care of us (she lived with us) for the last thirty years of her life.

I don’t know about the gilgul part, but it’s really fascinating when an animal shows up suddenly, won’t leave, then attaches itself to someone.

oomis: That’s really a beautiful story. My mother used to hallucinate about pigs. I’m really glad one of those didn’t show up. 🙂

do you have any children who are in need of some help?

Through the machinations of an uncle who thought of himself as a shadchan for people and animals, we got a dog when I was 14 years old. She changed the course of my life, from one that was headed to bitterness and anger, to a kinder gentler life, mostly due to what I learned from her, and the behavior she encouraged in me. Without her, my life would have taken a much different course.

She showed generosity, kindness, loyalty, enthusiasm, friendship and affection to me, and rewarded the same attributes in me, paying more attention to my learning these than any human could. She was an excellent listener. I’m not sure I would have gotten through my teenage years without her.

She looked at me with such admiration that I tried to live up to her image of me (Dogowners prayer: Oh, Lord, please let me be half as good as my dog thinks I am.)

Maybe this dog is your bashert pet.

“oomis: That’s really a beautiful story. My mother used to hallucinate about pigs. I’m really glad one of those didn’t show up. 🙂 “

I just had my first real laugh of the day, getting a visual from your post! As to the pigs, well, I have had a few people at my Shabbos tish who might have fit that description!!!! 🙂

Go Figure.

From the size of the neighbors kids, the food at that home was hardly the issue.

Was the dog a gilgul? Did my mother use less garlic than the Irish cook? The dog never said one way or another.

In cases like this, I like to fall back on the quip said in the name of the Satmar Rebbe (R’ Yoel):

Anyone who belives every “rebbisheh maaseh” (Chassidic story) is a tipish (a simpleton)

Anyone who says NO “rebbisheh maaseh” ever happened is an apikoires (a heteric)

So I guess this one falls somewhere in between

Seeing as how 90% of the frum crowd lives in a metro area, its really kind of selfish to have a dog, if you’re going to keep it locked up indoors most of the day. Add to that, by the time the child in question is old enough to take care of said dog, they are likely coming home after 6:00, so when would they walk it? Then its off to camp for 2 months, so that would mean its suddenly MY dog. Then there’s dog related issues on Shabbos that is very problematic, so that’s out too.

As for learning things like responsibility, loyalty, healthy fun, ect; that’s what siblings and friends (and ultimately spouses) are for.

I have always been terrified of dogs, due to the story of my late Father Z’TL running from the nazis yimach shemum ve zichrum and they let loose alsation (german shepherd) dogs on him. As my Father Z’TL was from Stanislav in Galicia and knew his city (the nazis did not know the city), he ran in to a disused warehouse and ran up 4 floors. The dogs followed up and my Father Z’TL jumped from the window to save his life, with Hashem’s help. He hurt his ankle and kept running till he found a beis medrash (it was empty). The dogs didn’t jump from the windows, of course and ran down the 4 flight of stairs. It was enough time for my Father Z’TL to flee for his life. He stayed in the beit medrash and in the evening he wanted to leave and an apparition of his Uncle Avraham Z’TL (who had sent him kaporot in 1936 to the polish army), told him it was not safe to leave and he should hide there for 3 days and then he will be safe with Hashem’s great chesed.

My frum neighbor up the road, got a dog (part collie) and we used to walk to the park nearby everyday for her exercise and ours! At first, I was so scared of the dog and would not even enter their home, never mind walking with the dog. After a while the dog got used to me and by then they got a second dog and I finally walked with the neighbor and dogs to the park every day except Shabbos and Yom Tov. When people dressed as Arabs in their long robes (hajibs) wanted to attack us in the park (totally frum neighborhood like Flatbush), the dog (one died years ago) protected us and he wanted to eat them alive! We called the police on our mobiles and the Shomrim and they caught the yemach shemam ve zicram Arabs and they were arrested! Now, I can walk with Molly (dogs name) and not have any fear!

On Pesach when she can not have the regular chometz dog food, I send up my cooked chickens from the soup for her to eat!

BS”D

Call your local wannabe mekubal and have a puisa denura placed on it. 1-800-DEAD-DOG is another service you can try. Finally, if you have a local Korean greengrocer, ask him to come over and collect the dog, and then warn your non-Jewish neighbors not to buy any prepared food from him for the next week or so.

Seriously I would purchase dog repellent at any garden center and apply it to the property in question. The dog could be ill and could pose a problem if it bites.

I wanted a giant breed dog both as a pet and for security (at one time I legitimately had to deal with large amounts of cash) but decided against it for many reasons.

Instead I got a 600 kilo polar bear from a circus and hence my nickname.

Did the dog still not move from her home? Is it still constantly there?

Wow. This is really interesting.

Dogs are beautiful creatures that are nice in other peoples houses. I personally wouldnt touch a dog with a 10 foot pole and I dont either go near it. I would have a panic attack if one doesnt want to go away from my house. Call the proffessionals for it.

Tell your kids if they want hot dogs for supper, they better start moving!