This is not news. At one time I had 2 dogs — a Schnauzer near the end of his life and a Golden Retriever puppy. They had a bow tie shaped rubber toy that they used to play tug with. The pup would pick up that rubber toy and whack the older (sleeping) dog with it until he grabbed the other end and they would run all over the place playing tug o’ war.
The pup was used to seeing the older Schnauzer go away in the car to the groomer and never batted an eyelash. However, on the morning when my husband had to take the older dog to the vet to be put down, it was different. My husband put the dog in the car and the pup chased through the house to the front window to watch them leave. When my husband came home with just the collar and tags, the pup jumped at them and let out a mournful whimper.
And she would never again play with that rubber tug toy. EVER. Even 10 years later, she would just turn away when the toy was offered.
Doggie ping
We have a Beagle named Buddy who is about 17 and he’s getting frail. Our Chihuahua Coco is only about 5 and she is very close with Buddy. If he stays out too long on a walk she is very nervous when he gets back and sniffs him all over to make sure he’s OK. We are worried about how she is going to take it when he passes. We are thinking of going ahead and getting another dog so it won’t be as hard on her. She is a very sensitive dog anyway and I am not looking forward to the day Buddy goes out and does not return.
I also had one of my goats abort about a month early, the baby was formed perfectly but had no hair as that forms in the last month prior to birth...she also would not leave the dead kid and was curled around it trying to keep it warm. I opened the pen and she would not leave, after about 15 minutes I had to drag her out of the pen and close the gate so she wouldn't go back in and removed the dead kid....there is such an occasion that in my reading up on Angoras that a whole flock with abort for no known reason. I was afraid I'd loose the who new kids we expected. In 24 hours 3 aborted and I had to close that area of the barn so no goats would get in....the theory is that for some reason, could be the smell that caused an "abortion storm" within a flock...Both my goat and the cow I watched were aware that something was wrong, but with both, they tried to keep the calf and kid warm. Also had watched something similar in the chicken coop. All I will say about that is that a hen hears her chick peep before its born and if you move that chick is moved the mother hen will leave the eggs she is sitting on and look for her chick and tuck it under her. This is the short story of the chicken experience...animals are amazing and I have come to the conclusion that they have emotions, and knowledge, even a mother chicken....
Wish I had the will to be a vegetarian, but like steak too much....
I was forced to chain up a rather stupid dog I had after it learned to jump the fence to get out. It was a female large brown dog of unknown mix I had for 3 years. We had also gotten a “Benji” type male much smaller.
The brown dog jumped over an enclosure fence with the gate open and hanged itself (I swore I would never chain up a dog again). Our Benji dog mopped around for a week and then layed down and died at the same spot brown dog died.
Recently my wife’s cat was killed by a loose dog in the neighborhood. Though a house cat, he insisted on going out some though he didn’t leave the front yard. My young male outdoor cat who was raised as a kitten around the older cat, meowed in a howling way for over a week mourning his friend. He would go through the neighborhood waling, as if calling him to come back home. He probably got away from the dog that got the other cat, as they were out there together. The younger cat had more street smarts, as he was a full time outdoor cat.