Pets in mourning

Before mom passed away, we discussed how her death would affect her little girl(her maltese poodle). She would never leave mom's side and was either on her lap, cuddled in bed with her, or at her feet as she moved about the house. As feared, she is not the same. I've taken her to my home to spend the night with my dog (her best bud), but she constantly roams the house whimpering and finally gives up and sits by our front door. It absolutely breaks my heart to see how sad she is. Does anyone have suggestions as to what I can do to help with mom's grieving dog.
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posted on Fri, Aug 01, 2008 10:49 AM
RE: Pets in Mourning byidahoxtreme2 August 01, 2008 (0 votes) (report abuse) (reply)
I am not sure if you have a blanket or an article of clothing that was your mom's but I found that something with their scent seems to calm them down. I had a friend who took over a dog when her mother-in-law passed away and she put her mother-in-law's shirt in the dogs bed and it pacified the little guy.
I currently have a 5 month old pomeranian who definitely is attached to my husband, whenever my husband would be gone he would run around the house whimpering. I finally went and got one of my husband's old t-shirts and put it in his kennel and he is content with that. He now goes into his kennel to sleep at any time of the day and he always snuggles up with "daddy's" shirt.
RE: Pets in Mourning byjenger August 01, 2008 (0 votes) (report abuse) (reply)
That is some wonderful advice given on this subject idahoextreme2. I think dogs feel the same connections to us that we do to them and I think the mourning process to be a lot like what we feel when we suffer a loss. Time is always the best medicine in these situations and the grieving process needs to run it's course. Do we ever get completely over the loss of a loved one. I think not. But we do move on and I believe little girl is going to be just fine. Give her time and love her like your mother did.
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