Interesting idea a friend told me about.

Yes. I agree. They will understand. I saw this in one of my own dogs when we lost our other dog. She was there when he died and she was very upset as it went along, until he actually died.

Then she sniffed him over and seemed to get over it. She's remembers my dead dogs name and will sometimes look expectedly at my wife or I if we mention him.

I think that may be an excellent idea. I know of a family that lost their mother. The mother's dog was by her side most of time since up till and including her passing at home. When she passed away at home and they came to get her body, the family walked the dog along with the gurney out to the ambulance and watched her being loaded into it. I know the children that adopted her dog and they told me they thought the dog made a much better transition to them because the dog understood the mother had passed and didn't abandon her dog. These children knew the dog but because of schedules and a lot of distance they could not visit often. Dogs know what's going on if they're included.

My sister had a poodle and when she died it didn't even occur to me that I should let him see her. But after a few weeks my dad took him to her house and he ran from room to room looking for her. It was saddest thing I'd ever seen. Dad kept wanting to take him back, but I didn't let him. The poodle died a year later and it gave me great peace to know they were finally both together again.

that's love 🥲

Interesting idea. Pets often suffer for days, waiting by a door or bedside for an owner that will never come home.

Awwww that’s heart wrenching.

That is actually so important. 😢💔

That is beautiful.

That's great. My dog will be put to sleep and buried with me, because I have no one who would take him in. And I won't let him go to a shelter to live. To me that's not humane. He's by my side 24 hours a day and wouldn't adjust well.

I have never thought about that. Will they understand?

That actually makes perfect sense. Dogs understand what a dead person is.