Our collie, Bogey, just died (he was really old) and ever since, our Westie, Mitzi, has been acting depressed. She's known him all her life and they were really close. Mitzi will hardly eat, and she's been acting listless and hiding.
Any advice for cheering her up?
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Dogs do grieve and the vets actually carry Prozac for dogs for severe cases. But my brother died and left behind his Pit Bull. The two were insperable and the dog went into a deep depression. He stopped eating, he stayed in my brothers bed all the time and shaked and whimpered. He lost all interest for everything. I called my vet who told me to get something with my brother's scent on it and give it to the dog. We gave my brother's dog my brother's blanket and and it did seem to bring him comfort.
Also spend lots of time with your dog. All dogs thrive on attention from their beloved human parents. Wether it is walking them more, going on car rides, petting and sitting with them more frequently. Do whatever your dog likes to do. I also got a new puppy around that time and within a few weeks the new puppy really helped the older dog snap out of it. The two are inseperable. Consider the idea of new friend a little ways down the road.
Tell her how sorry you are. Send her a card for her loss. And mention she no longer suffers with pain. She's much better off.
She is depressed because she lost a companion.
If she is the kind of dog that would get along with a puppy, consider getting one. Then she will have company again, and puppies love to play.
thats sad... but i think it would take a lil time for her to heal just wait a day or two and then take all her toys and take her to the park for the whole day yes the WHOLE day i bet she'll be sooo happy since she'll be having soo much fun
Take Mitzi to new places and giave her new activities that she enjoys . She will after a grieving period if you carry on as normally as possible ( instead of reinforcing her behaviour by changing yours towards her since the death) return to her old self
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