mrdee

Hello Karel,
welcome to the Knowledgesutra community.
This is an interesting place, where you can share your knowledge and experience with others and where you can also find help with problems you might have yourself.

Apart from that, Knowledgesutra also opens the way to top quality web hosting, provided by Xisto, you can accumulate MyCents credits by posting in the forums here.
These MyCents credits can then be used to pay for your web hosting, you can also purchase a domain name with them, and more.

Check out the Xisto web site to see what they have on offer.

I have one final question for you: why do you have a Dutch Christian name?
Karel is a pure Dutch name, the equivalent of Charles in English (although I don't think I need to tell you that).

Anyway, I hope you have lots of great experiences and make lots of friends here on Knowledgesutra.

I too must say it is a pleasure having pets around.
The first point I was going to make is just as sharmiladevi states above: when an animal shows you it loves you, you can be sure that sign of affection is 100% genuine and heartfelt, unlike some people, who will smile in your face, and when your back is turned, they will stick a knife in it (a figure of speech in most cases, thank goodness).

They can also (another valid point of sharmiladevi) prove to be of therapeutic value, it is true that the company of their beloved pet can prove to be of therapeutic benefit to certain patients, especially because of the love and emotions those contacts can generate.

I also know of some places where they have bought and trained a dog (in both cases a golden retriever, just like those are often chosen as guide dogs for the blind, among other things), in one case the department of palliative care in a hospital (the department where people are staying who are dying, who are kept in the hospital to make there last months/weeks/days on this earth as pleasant as possible), in the other case the dog was acquired in an old peoples' home, where the inhabitants who so desire, can have some time with the dog, which can be a sort of "pleasure therapy", where the friendly vibrations between the human and animal generate a sense of pleasure for the patients, thus pushing the negative thoughts to the back of their minds for a while.

I have even seen something (on the television news) about a person who was in the palliative care unit, and he had requested to have his own pet dog with him in the hospital, a request which was granted to him, I thought it was a great decision by the hospital.

Then, there is also the other side of the coin (it is not a pleasant one, I know, but I feel it must be said): so far I have talked about the animal giving the human love, friendship and pleasure, and even support in thir dying days).

However, when a pet has reached the end of its life, in a way where nothing further can be done for it medically, and the only solution is to make sure it does not have to suffer unnecessarily, please, do not run away from your responsibilities and let your pet down in its last minutes, only to avoid the pain of saying goodbye (and, yes, it DOES cause pain, a lot of pain sometimes).

However, do not let your pet down, the one who has given you his unconditional love and loyalty for who knows how many years.
What I mean is: stay with the poor animal until at least he has had the sedative before the final injection, the dog will see you are there and feel much more comfortable, thinking "my owner is here with me, so everything is all right".
But, PLEASE, do not run away cowardly from your responsibilities, only to avoid the pain you will undoubtedly feel at the letting go of your pet.

Believe me, if you do decide to do that, there might be a time of torture when you will say "I wish I had been there with my pet" or "I wonder if my pet went peacefully", and believe me, these thoughts can cause more pain than being there when your pet goes out peacefully and painlessly, feeling comfortable because of the thought of its master being present.

Never forget what your pet has given you without ever asking for anything in return.

I know, the last bit of my post contains some morbid words, and I do apologise if I have upset anyone or have caused anyoneany discomfort by them, nevertheless, I think they had to be said because they do make a lot of sense.

Hello tomgat.
Welcome to Knowledgesutra where you can do a lot of things, such as meeting new people, find help with problems (technical or other) you might have, you can also join in interesting discussions or put your own knowledge at other people's disposal.

Furthermore, like fermin said, you can build up your credits here to pay for hosting of your website(s), and you will get all you need here to help in putting up a brilliant website.

So, get posting to get your hosting in place and to make your presence on this forum known.

Have a great time here.

Hello Ananya,
welcome to Knowledgesutra to you too.

I ned to make the same remarks to you as I made to rezanonymous, when you post an introduction, please post a bit of background information about yourself, and also, post it in a separate topic.

You are nevertheless very welcome here, and, yes, as you say, you can exchange ideas and knowledge here, gain knowledge and even discuss your beliefs.

Hope you have a great time here.

Hi, rezanonymous.
Welcome to Knowledgesutra, but could you post a little bit more about yourself, like, where you are from, your likes and dislikes, hobbies, wha you are good at and more.

Also, when you introduce yourself, you are supposed to start a new post in the Introductions thread, as a reply (which is what you have posted) is just hat, a reply to someone else's post.

You are nevertheless very welcome and I shall look forward to reading your contributions here.