Strange

[Jan Doherty]

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Since Indy was PTS Shelley has not slept upstairs. I always had the three dogs upstairs, Indy, Hattie and Shelley but now she sleeps downstairs on the settee which is really strange.

 

[Cerito]

It's hard to imagine what goes on in their minds isn't it? Maybe the settee smells of her most, or Indy's spirit keeps hogging the upstairs beds!

Do they look at you as if to ask where Indy is? Our Rosie seemed to ask me a couple of times if old Prince was coming back. She seemed to understand the answer.

 

[zilloot]

It is strange what goes on.

My neighbour's horse died last summer and her other horse was still out in the field. When she died he started galloping around shrieking at the top of his voice until they brought him in to see. He sniffed her all over as if to say goodbye and then went back to his field quiet as a mouse. :unsure:

 

[OEH]

It is strange what goes on.
My neighbour's horse died last summer and her other horse was still out in the field.  When she died he started galloping around shrieking at the top of his voice until they brought him in to see.  He sniffed her all over as if to say goodbye and then went back to his field quiet as a mouse. :unsure:

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That is so incredibly sad :'(

 

[Strike Whippets]

Since Indy was PTS Shelley has not slept upstairs. I always had the three dogs upstairs, Indy, Hattie and Shelley but now she sleeps downstairs on the settee which is really strange.

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Dog's do mourn i'm sure ........When my Greyhound died, Joanna used to sculk around and sleep in Beths favorite places etc.....this went on for months ........ :huggles: to your girls .......

 

[Jan Doherty]

I have to say Shelley had a very special bond with Indy and she would 'talk' to him in a way she has never done with the others. I think out of all of them she has mourned him most.

 

[doris]

ah, poor Shelly-belly, she is so sweet

what about you - how are you doing?

 

[Janimal]

It is strange what goes on.
My neighbour's horse died last summer and her other horse was still out in the field.  When she died he started galloping around shrieking at the top of his voice until they brought him in to see.  He sniffed her all over as if to say goodbye and then went back to his field quiet as a mouse. :unsure:

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I know this is a far cry from Whippets and Iggies - but while watching a wildlife documentary on Elephants is is Amazing how they deal with death - doing much the same as a horse - smelling the body all over using their trunks and nudging with their huge feet and even carrying bones around for weeks or even months. Their way of saying Goodbye.

Also when My chinchilla died - we buried it in the garden under the plum tree and My Cat Meeko, slept on that spot for almost 3 weeks afterwards. :unsure:

 

[Nicola]

Goodness...the bonds animals form....and they say we shouldn't compare animals to humans...yet some emotions just seem so similar.....

I dread losing Fred eventually (not for a good few years yet touch wood). Stan adores him, follows his lead....keeps a watchful eye on him. Fred was being pulled around a little bit by my nephew last week, and Stan kept tying to get inbetween them and kept sniffing at Fred to check he was OK. The body language said it all.

Hence one of the reasons me starting to think about introducing a 2nd whippet, so when the time comes eventually, Stan won't be on his own.

Poor Shelley....hope she gets back to normal soon.

 

[Tesa]

Tesa died at a veterinary hospital about and hours drive from home. When we went to collect her, we were advised to bring Max, and let him see her body. OH, Max and myself then took her out to our block of land and buried her

On the way up to the hospital, Max sat quite happily on the back seat of the car. After collecting Tesa, he sat on my knee in the front of the car for the hour's drive out to the block. He would not sit in the back seat.

 

[Janimal]

This thread has been so interesting but so at the same time. It brings tears to my eyes and to me they are human (dont care what other people think)

 

[Jan Doherty]

Well Shelleys period of mourning seems to have come to an end and she rejoined us last night in bed. She seems to have cheered up full stop.

 

[~elizabeth~]

Well Shelleys period of mourning seems to have come to an end and she rejoined us last night in bed. She seems to have cheered up full stop.

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That's good to hear. The other whippet in our village has just lost one of his 80+ yr old owners and has been in deep mourning since.

 

[OEH]

That's good to hear. The other whippet in our village has just lost one of his 80+ yr old owners and has been in deep mourning since. 

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ooh not one of Henry's people?

So glad that Shelly is feeling happier :thumbsup:

 

[~elizabeth~]

ooh not one of Henry's people? So glad that Shelly is feeling happier :thumbsup:

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Yes, her name was Elizabeth. Even when she was almost completely blind she would venture blithely into the wilds with him, even during the flooding. The other one's not looking too well at the moment either

Glad to hear Shelly's getting over it. My siamese cat kept searching for my little dog for months after she died (the other cat was over the moon though )

 

[OEH]

ooh not one of Henry's people? So glad that Shelly is feeling happier :thumbsup:

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Yes, her name was Elizabeth. Even when she was almost completely blind she would venture blithely into the wilds with him, even during the flooding. The other one's not looking too well at the moment either

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That's awful. I didn't meet her very often, but she seemed really nice. If anyone is ever needed to walk Henry I'm always willing- he gets on quite well with Nana.

 

[~elizabeth~]

That's awful.  I didn't meet her very often, but she seemed really nice.  If anyone is ever needed to walk Henry I'm always willing- he gets on quite well with Nana.

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Yes, we have offered. At the moment Sally ( whose lab OH walks) is doing it and it's driving her round the bend - she has to walk them separately as Henry keeps buggering off. :wacko:

They were a very interesting couple, in the vanguard of the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa; E was a midwife, the surviving one Claire a vet. It was really sad at the funeral apparently, the family wouldn't acknowledge Claire at all

Sorry to hijack your thread Jan

 

[Janimal]

Well Shelleys period of mourning seems to have come to an end and she rejoined us last night in bed. She seems to have cheered up full stop.

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Good news Jan and Shelly of course. :luck: :thumbsup:

 

[Jan Doherty]

Sorry to hijack your thread Jan

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No problem, just realised that OEH is oxford as well, theres a lot of us about

 

[~elizabeth~]

I think a nice, communal whippet (iggy, small lurcher) walk may be on the cards (via a pub called the Perch), when someone has their x-ray this week :- " :luck: :luck: