Have You Ever Had to Comfort a Grieving Dog

[chocolatepuppy]

What a sad story. When Mandy died, Lacey was very nervous without her, always watching the back door she last went out. I found Missy one day, weeks later, staring at Mandys toybox, as if to say "where are you Mandy?". Heartbreaking!
When Sassy died, Missy would look for her at mealtimes. Then one week after she died, Missy was searching my bedroom, looking high and low and crying, looking for Sassy.
When Lacey died, Layla didn't want to eat at mealtime, she kept waiting for me to fill Lacey's bowl.
I honestly feel that's one of the hardest things about losing a furkid, seeing another furkid grieve over the loss.

[Taz_Zoee]

That story brought on the tears.
When my brothers dog, Digger, died Boo would not eat his food. He'd sit and look at us like "I'm waiting for Digger".
I also remember when Bruce's cocker, DJ, died Taz would look out the door for him. They had only been living together for less than 2 years.
I don't recall any grieving of anyone (besides myself) when Taz went.

[K9karen]

I haven't looked up the details, but I've read that President Franklin Roosevelt's dog, Fala, grieved terribly, and sat by his (FDR) chair constantly. It's said that Fala died of a broken heart.

Hey, I know Logan misses me terribly when I'm gone. John said that even though he's home, it makes no difference. She'll lay with her head on her paws, staring at the door. I'm sure all your dogs do the same.

This story broke my heart. I hate when some researchers say dogs (animals) don't emote like humans. Yeah, right.

[cyber-sibes]

very touching, and sad. I also think dogs grieve deeply. After Sherman died, Star would lie on "their" quilt, staring at the wall. She lost a quarter of her body weight as she wouldn't eat for days at a time. It was so sad. I had talked to Nancy Efusy and she said it would be very hard on star because she & Sherman were so very close. that's partly why we went & got jack so soon after, but it took a long time for Star to accept him. It all worked out, they became buddies and were good company for each other.

[zoey]

http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthre...=1#post2321042

Awesome article, thanks for that. *tear*
One of our pet talk friends has a dog with some strange grieving behavior, note the link above. I couldn't really think of much to help. If anyone can, please advise. Thanks.