Can a dog be canonised?

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( Before anyone jumps down my throat , this is not a serious question , unless you choose it to be otherwise .

I never knew this story until this morning . I thinks it’s a delightful little story some of you may know already ) .

St Guinefort , a greyhound…

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The story was written down by a Dominican friar, Stephen of Bourbon, in the thirteenth century. He had been traveling in the Dombes region of France, near Lyon, when he came across the story.

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I feel drawn to this story by the memory of my lovely friend Holly (seen below) , a lurcher who was part greyhound . I had to say goodbye to Holly 18 months ago , but I am forever grateful to God for the beautiful creature she was…

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A mixture of folk law and Christianity,interesting.I think I’ve read a children’s story kind of based on that,but no mention of Sainthood.
 
She looks a little similar to a dog we had ,a wolfhound,deerhound,greyhound cross 🙂
 
I’ve heard of this legend before.

In the version I heard, the dog was an Irish Wolfhound, and the creature attacking the baby was a wolf.
 
I have heard of this French “saint” who is a dog before.

However, there is no concept of “canonizing” animals, because they cannot sin or control their natures, so they are not responsible for doing “good” or “bad” and when they die, all of them would be treated by God in the same, presumably kind, way. There is no such thing as a “heroically good” animal to canonize, or a bad evil animal to send to Hell. They are all just how they are made by God and they do not spiritually evolve.
 
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The Guinefort story has a parallel in Welsh mythology, with the difference that the baby is attacked by a wolf, not a serpent.

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Does this mean my old cat who always threw up hairballs on my comforter is in purgatory? Bad Kitty!
 
As much as we love them, no, their souls do not survive their death. More reason to enjoy their company while we can.
 
An interesting story that I have never heard of before. I guess a man and his dog will never be parted.
 
This is the version of the story I heard.

The pupper next door, in the meantime, has been valiantly trying to defend its property from a pigeon living on the roof.

The valiant pooch spends its afternoon barking, and jumping really high trying to reach the flying pigeon. Surely, one day soon that pooch will be able to jump up to the roof , and slay the evil pigeon.

The cat who lives on the other side, looks out the window in amazement, knowing that the pigeon would be gone if it were up to him.
 
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Tom and Jerry
Sylvester the Cat
Droopy Dog
All regularly visited the afterlife.
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Every time I see one of those old cartoons with the “dead” character and the spirit lifting out of his body, I wonder where the animator got that idea as it looks almost the same as an NDE except that in the decades when people were making this cartoons, NDEs were not the stuff of books and articles.
 
Of course dogs can be caninized.

Oh wait, I misread the question…
 
It’s nice to ‘see’ Holly again. Please know that she completely fulfilled the will of her Heavenly Father.

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It’s nice to ‘see’ Holly again. Please know that she completely fulfilled the will of her Heavenly Father.

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Yes , i like the poster .

Of course she fulfilled His will , to perfection .
 
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