Heidi our 8 yr old Dobermman has just lost her best firend. Becks was 4 yrs old and passed away on Tuesday from DCM. Sadly Heidi also lost Baron (male Doberman of 12 yrs) in late 2008.
I would love to hear your suggestions on how to make her life as normal as possible. Heidi was part of the sad loss of Becks' passing and also part of the burial process in our garden. We believe that Heidi knows Becks has gone but
unfortunately Heidi is just walking around the garden barking, as if she is calling for Becks, as usually Heidi would bark a certain way and Becks would come running. Heidi's demeanour is sad and moping like around the house
I do try not to let Heidi see me being upset, as she is very intuitive like most Dobermans.
My first thoughts are to take her out for long walks and to the beach as often as we can, but this is not normaly what we do. We live on acreage and try to take the dogs out for a drive and walk at least once per week to a different place. Our property is fully fenced so there is a huge area to wak around. I would take them for walks in the property 3 times or more daily, but do I need to take Heidi to different places. I work from home, which I also chose to do for the dogs as well.
I would love to hear your recommendations and also how you coped with a similar loss leaving a remaining dog on their own with no other canine play mates.
Thank you, Kim.
I would love to hear your suggestions on how to make her life as normal as possible. Heidi was part of the sad loss of Becks' passing and also part of the burial process in our garden. We believe that Heidi knows Becks has gone but
unfortunately Heidi is just walking around the garden barking, as if she is calling for Becks, as usually Heidi would bark a certain way and Becks would come running. Heidi's demeanour is sad and moping like around the house
I do try not to let Heidi see me being upset, as she is very intuitive like most Dobermans.
My first thoughts are to take her out for long walks and to the beach as often as we can, but this is not normaly what we do. We live on acreage and try to take the dogs out for a drive and walk at least once per week to a different place. Our property is fully fenced so there is a huge area to wak around. I would take them for walks in the property 3 times or more daily, but do I need to take Heidi to different places. I work from home, which I also chose to do for the dogs as well.
I would love to hear your recommendations and also how you coped with a similar loss leaving a remaining dog on their own with no other canine play mates.
Thank you, Kim.