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Originally Posted by bchgirl  After losing pets and not doing this....when we lose a pet now, we allow the surviving animals to smell the body. I know it sounds morbid, but truly I think they understand than when we didn't do this. Let me say...I have always had multiple cats not dogs. The surviving cats would always look for their friend....mewing and crying...until I decided perhaps they would understand if I allowed them to smell the body. Since then we have not experienced the mewing, crying or looking. I do give them extra attention afterward.
We recently lost another cat...I allowed Ramsey and Reese to smell him too.
If one of my yorkies was to pass...I'd say I'd do the above, lavish attention on the surviver and play hard...so perhaps he wouldn't miss his companion quite so much.
PS I know that smelling thing...sounds me sound whacked. It's okay if you think it...I do myself.  |
Even if it is morbid, it works, and my family has instructions that if something should happen to me, my dogs are to be allowed to see and smell me so they will know what happened and where I am and not look for me. They do understand a lot more than we know and they certainly understand death. When one of my dogs dies, I will see to it that the others see and smell it so they will know. A friend's husband died and their little dog was very traumatized because he couldn't find the man. My friend took the dog to the funeral home and allowed it to see and smell her husband's body as long as the dog wanted to. It didn't take long, just a few minutes, and the dog was satisfied and went back home and didn't look for the man any more. The dog did grieve, but didn't search. This is a simple thing we can do for our pets and their comfort.