Is it normal he wants to move from our apartment because his dog died here?

I understand but I wouldn't go so far as to want to move out. We have to understand when we're getting pets that they're almost never going to outlive us. (Unless you get a parrot or a tortise or something) It's sad to see them go but we can't control the fact that our timelines are as they are. I'd say anyone who wants to have pets should be prepared for this anyway because it's inevitable.

We lost 2 cats during the time I lived at my parents house but that memory hasn't been tainted for me.

One small question though, is 10 years really way past life expectancy? I thought average lifespan for dogs was 12 years and I've known cats and dogs who've lived to be 16 or 17. Actually I think one of my parents cats is 16 now. O.o

Bad memories.

That's sad, you hear it from widows and widowers often. However if its not practical and there's no benefit in moving. Maybe he should find another way to cope. I have quite a few pets buried in my yard but I keep photos of them out all the time the best wayvto feel better is to get another pet. It sounds corny but its true. It doesn't mean you forget the dead one but it gives you focus and gives them a nice home.

I find this very normal. Maybe he was just so attached to him. Some people love their pets more that they love themselves or someone else. Think of it this way: Someone you know and has been your best friend and part of you family etc. Etc. Died in your kitchen and every time you were there you just saw that person lying there dead, wouldn't you always get sad or have been so hurt by that that you just would want to move out to not see that horrible memory again in your head?

Before I tell you how do I feel on this, let me ask you something, have you ever ask your boyfriend that he can't stand to stay at his place because of the thousand memories of spending times together between him and his dog or because of the view of dog dead body in the kitchen tile? If the first is the second that's absolutely normal, my family did the same thing when Daddy was passed away, Mom say she couldn't bear all the memories of Daddy around the rooms of our house, so Mom moved to Grandma house and I moved to stay in a small flat. If the answer is the second, I think that what he is suffering is more than losing his beloved dog, it is the combination of guilty and the feeling of incapable of prevent the losing happened. Anyway, both will not change the condition that what had happened to him is normal. You can both allow him to dos so, or give him better option to stay, to help him accept the cruel reality and accept life as the way it is, that we can avoid loosing something we love. Tell him that even though something we love is gone, the memories will remain in the deepest past of our heart. Remember not to push him so hard, do it slowly with all understanding because the way people react on something is always different, you may accept the death of animal as something naturally happen but your boyfriend may not give the same reaction. I'm sure you are able to be such a loving and understanding girlfriend to help him go through this.

That is really sad. It is understandable.

Tell your boyfriend to stop being a little bitch

So sorry for the loss of your beloved friend.
Wouldn't you want to stay where you lived with your dog so as to be closer to his/her memory. I think I would. However I know not everyone is like me. xx

I'm sorry your boyfriend is grieving the loss of his pet. It's an incredibly tough thing to have to deal with, and anyone who has pets will eventually be forced to confront it.

That said, I don't think it's normal that he wants to move out because of it. People have relatives who die at home and learn to live in the house afterward. If his pain is still fresh, it's understandable that he feels this way, but if it's been a little while and he still wants to move out, that's not really typical.

Most people don't move from home because of that.

My cat back home had died while I was living out of state. I had him for 13 years. I was petrified of coming home after learning he had gotten sick and passed away. A year (to the day) after his death, I packed up and moved home. It was a lot easier coming home so long after his death but it was my first time coming home without him there to greet me so it was a bit hard in that aspect. I think coming home the same month that he passed would have been very hard for me to handle emotionally.

I can see why your boyfriend is acting this way, it's hard to be reminded of the change. I don't think moving will stop the pain, but it will allow him to escape it until he is ready to accept it.

Nothing about what you posted is normal. Normal people don't have 150-pound fur covered turds in their house and normal guys aren't so upset when their big POS dies that they want to move to another house. Are you sure your BF and his doggie weren't more than just pet and owner? To be that upset, you and I and everyone else knows he was boinking that fucking dog!

Your story doesn't make sense. Rigor mortis doesn't become fully set until after around 24 hours, so if you just went out one day and came back and the dog was stiff, either you're lying or somebody gave that overgrown turd a strychnine treat!

Well I understand that he's upset and shit but moving out of an apartment? Now come on. Tell that man to pull himself together and stop being a little bitch. SUCK IT UP!!

No it's not normal and trust me when I say this is just the tip of the iceberg. You don't say how long you've been with this guy, but he has some serious issues that go waaaay beyond wanting to move because of the dead dog. You also don't give the boyfriend's age, but if he hasn't "grown a pair" by now and allows something like this to "traumatize" him, he won't ever change and things will only get worse. People die too. What's he going to do when a close friend or relative dies (and it will happen at some point)?

The smart thing would be to let him move out, keep the apartment yourself and find someone else. But because people seldom do the smart thing, alternatively, you need to sit him down, explain the facts of life and tell him to stop acting like a 6-year-old. Think of the future. Do you really want to go through life with someone so immature? You can do better and should!