Trying to figure out if this is loneliness or something else. Have been spending more time upstairs than normal recently - not for the first time and have been joined by our English Springer. It used to be just short visits but now he sleeps on the floor as to be near us. I don't mind at all but am wondering if anyone could shed some light onto why. We do still spend time downstairs and he's been happy to be nearly exclusively downstairs for nearly 2 years before this. We used to have 2 Springers but were forced to rehome the other one when we moved. For over six months after that we couldn't leave him alone, had to take him with us when we went out, he accompanied DH to work, got in a friend to dog sit, he slept in our bedroom, but we managed to get him to a point where he was settled again. I'm worried in case he's going back to that stage as it was awful to see him so distressed - we had no idea that rehoming would have such a bad effect on the remaining dog. Also going away for a couple of nights soon and don't want to leave him if there's any issue. Please tell me that I'm over reacting and it's just the change in routine that's brought this on.
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