re: Grieving dog advice

He’s clearly needs some attention.

He’s 12 and just lost his best friend and brother. He’s alone for the first time in his life.

Man give him a bath and bring him inside. frick hasn’t he earned it after being a good dog for you for over a decade?

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Did the Vet check him for a broken heart?

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Obviously we’re not aware of the metaphysical implications but something happens to these animals. They don’t know they’re owner or companion is dead but they know they’re gone and it absolutely takes a physical toll.

I got a lab when I was 11 and I did everything with this dog. Mom would bring him to my baseball games, hunting, ran trap lines, he would go with me to get food, everything.

By far his favorite was when we would go fishing in my grandfathers boat. He would sit on the deck and when I was done in a spot I would tell him it was ok and he would just jump out and swim. He loved just being in the water.

We went fishing damn near every day my junior summer with my grand father. He passed away that winter. I tried to be strong for my family and never showed too much emotion.

First good spring day I went out on that boat with my dog and as soon as I made my first cast I fell fo my knees and started balling. That dog came over and nuzzled up to me and I held him crying like a baby for the better part of an hour.

Everyday that I could and the weather allowed me and that dog went fishing that summer.

When I left he was devastated. He lost 20 pounds and refused to eat. And I was only gone for 3 months. When I started coming back they had to chain him up when I’d leave because he wouldn’t stop running after my truck for miles. Every time I would come back though we’d take out my grandpas boat and hit the lake.

When I was a junior he started to take a turn for the worse with his Heath. I asked my mom to call me as soon as they knew he was close but she never got the chance.

I got a call one evening and they had found him passed away laying on the deck of that boat. Broke my heart. We were at a baseball game and I went to the truck and just cried like a baby.

He was my best friend.

Sorry for your loss. Your other dog is grieving and needs time and attention. You know what to do.

Our poodle rescue got hit and died the day after thanksgiving. Our other rescue came in our room the morning after we got home to get her out of the bed. Being a human I want to think she misses her but idk, I sure do.

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This morning and all afternoon and even now, he’s been whining, howling, and barking.

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First, I’m sorry for you and your family’s loss, including the other pup. I know it’s hard to hear him cry and call for his brother. Give him time and extra love. We had two horses, a mare and a gelding. The mare died unexpectedly, the gelding called and searched the pasture for her for over a week, it was heartbreaking. Then he started his solitary life. Be patient, hopefully his grieving will pass soon.

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Did the Vet check him for a broken heart?

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I had him to the vet multiple times because he just was despondent and not eating much, and we thought maybe, besides grieving, something wrong wrong with him.

He would eat pretty good at the vet, but once he came home, he would barely eat even with me feeding him.

I felt so bad for him, but all I knew to do was sit with him. He actually tried to walk away from our property a few days before he died, was walking across our neighbors backyard, which he had never done. I honestly think he was walking away to find a place to die.