Hi All, I'm a first time poster but long-time lurker and would be grateful for any advice you wise people can give.
We rescued two 5 year old Labradors from a centre 3 years' ago and they have become a huge part of our lives. They are/were litter sisters and both were originally very disturbed and reactive towards other dogs but have come on fabulously. Unfortunately the elder and more confident of the two became seriously ill last week and, despite fabulous vetinary care, we had to make the very difficult decision to have her pts yesterday. We're devastated, though very grateful we still have her lovely sister. Can anyone advise on how we can help her sister through this please? Fortunately, we have always given them at least one walk a day apart from their sister, on the advice of trainers (as they were so closely bonded), so she has seemed ok with walking with just us over the past 24 hours. She's also used to sleeping on our bed at night, so again no huge change there fortunately. The worst thing is that I work mornings and I'm concerned as to how she will cope on her own; she's such a nervy little thing and was so close to her sister. I used to come back from work to find them cuddled up together in one of their dog beds.
She doesn't seem to be particularly upset or confused at the moment but what should I be looking for and how can we help her? Apologies for the long post but thanks for reading.
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Our adored elder dog has just been pts. How can we help her sister?
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tornbluestocking · 20/07/2014 19:47
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