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Originally Posted by sskmick
How did you deal with Ono's lonliness is it just a question of time.
Duke our dog and Jasper our cat where good mates (not really sole mates). They slept in separate rooms but greeted each other every morning and throughout the day on Jaspers return. Jasper passed away on Friday. yesterday was very difficult for Duke he was grunting and whimpering all day for us to open the side door which we did and he will just stand looking and waiting for Jasper. The same thing is happening today. Jasper occasionally retreated to the bredroom and Duke is sitting at the bottom of the steps with his head cocked listening. He lays down for seconds and then he's up sniffing and mooching arouind.
Sue
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Aww - it's awful to watch, isn't it? I don't think there's any way to deal with it other than to be extra attentive and loving to the grieving pet, which I'm sure you are. Ono was distraught for the first couple of nights. I tried taking him to bed with me, and he'd curl up happily enough but after about ten minutes he was up and shouting for Annie. I even tried sleeping downstairs with him (they used to sleep downstairs) in case that helped, but again after a few minutes he was shouting for her. He's settling down a bit now in that he's sleeping through the night, but every time you walk into a room, or every time he comes into a room, he looks for her and shouts for her. He's getting lots and lots of extra hugs - he does like that part of it!