03-06-2022, 09:47 PM
They grieve family member loss the same as we do. If anyone had told me that 50 years ago I'd have claimed Bovine Excrement! But I've seen it too many times for it to be accidental.
I don't know where it happened but it was suggested to me, and I believe it, that we should have allowed Shadow to view his sisters body for closure. We screwed up on that. Never again. From now on full disclosure for the survivor. Our other dogs saw the body and handled it much better. Lesson learned.
GAW, you know you need another dog. They need a companion the same as we do. At my age that's being driven home in spades. I can't play with Shadow as I used to but she can. I just hope he survives. He's 11 and doesn't need some of what she puts him though. I know the feeling. Right now she's in a hard crate to give all of us a break and so that she is forced to take a nap. Two steps forward and one step back, but she's a puppy.
I don't know where it happened but it was suggested to me, and I believe it, that we should have allowed Shadow to view his sisters body for closure. We screwed up on that. Never again. From now on full disclosure for the survivor. Our other dogs saw the body and handled it much better. Lesson learned.
GAW, you know you need another dog. They need a companion the same as we do. At my age that's being driven home in spades. I can't play with Shadow as I used to but she can. I just hope he survives. He's 11 and doesn't need some of what she puts him though. I know the feeling. Right now she's in a hard crate to give all of us a break and so that she is forced to take a nap. Two steps forward and one step back, but she's a puppy.