do dogs mourn

Well I believe they do mourn - Having recently had my boy Sweep pts his neice Bliss(who never left his side in his last days) has been unsettled, looking around & pacing & sighing....she now lays by my feet in the evening which only Sweep did!

When Kalli died during c.section, Sweep(it was his sister) layed by the front door for months a far away look on his face...................consequently when we had Poppy(Sweep's Mum) pts we bought Poppy back home for Sweep to see her, right or wrong, for him it was the right thing.

So yes I do believe so

Yes I believe they do, after Tigger was put to sleep last August, Rusty was there when we buried her, she climbed into the hole and tried to pull her out, she has gone very grey and is still moping, so much so we are worried we will lose her this year, she doesnt eat properly and keeps having kidney infection's despite blood's she is still mourning.

all my lot seen royce as he died in the house,,,in the middle of the night, vinnie sat by him, never moved for food, water, or a wee, untill the body was taken away, which would have been five or six hours, bless him,

Yes I believe they mourn. We had to have our 17year old lab pts at home. We also had a 15 year old golden retriever at the time, so they had spent nearly 15 years together. You would have thought our 15 year old was a youngster at the time as she was still very healthy and active, but after the lab being pts, our goldie just gave up the will to live she went downhill so fast it was unbelievable. She just kept searching and waiting for our lab. We only had the goldie for 6 months after, it was as if just didnt want to be here. She started having fits and just wanted to lay down all the time. Nothing we did could bring her out of her misery and we ended up having her pts. Our vet said at the time that she had just given up on life, it was so sad to see.

Awwww poor Vinnie, Have to say yes they do,I remember Nelson howling over Cujo .My wee Paddy did mourn the loss of our Amber too but he was quiet about it,he just looked a lost soul when we took him out for walks .He def changed as he doesn't run off for a scout about anymore he seems to prefer to be with us now.xxxxx

I think they do, I adopted two oldies JRT brothers they were inseperable, and one passed away th eother soon followed, just gave up , he was so miserable without his brother Also when we lost our eldest dog last year, Meg went into a real decline for several months, and acted really odd.

Yes they do Shona, as I said last night, it does'nt hit them for a few weeks, they think their buddie's coming back, it usually take a few weeks for them to realise their buddy won't be back.

Never mind, Vinnie will get over it but it's un-nerving in the early hours when they start the howling.

they say if the other dogs see the dog thats died,,they know its dead, this should help with the watching and waiting, they know death kinda thing, so if thats true, hes not waiting on him coming back, but could it just be missing him? missing the security of knowing he was the top dog, sort of thing?

Absolutely, Royce was the top dog, he was their leader so now they're a bit confused, you'll probably notice Vinnie moving into the vacant place in the pack.