You can tell he is mourning the absence of the General.
Several years ago we boarded our half rat terrier/ half dachshund to go skiing in the west for a week. The kennel owner said she had never seen a dog mope like he did when we were gone. She said he barely ate anything while we were away. Dogs are incredible animals that are a lot more emotional than many give them credit for being.
We can’t leave our Chihuahua in boarding as she pines too bad. Where we go she goes.
there was an article by the Daily Mail around 2006 where a GI died in Iraq and his coffin was interred briefly at the hometown church. The dog which was the GI’s pet, was front and center and laid down right in front of the casket, never moving until it was time for burial..both an amzing and somber image.