[JoeyP]

As with everyone ... I am sorry for your loss

That said, we have to be careful about placing human emotion on animals that we keep as pets
Yes .... dogs do miss their counterparts but are they grieving as we understand what grieving is? Probably not
They just miss the dog that is no longer there
Dogs make connections with each other that we don't really understand
They live and die in small closely knitted groups
and when two or more dogs live and play together for a long time
The dog or dogs left behind don't understand their place in the order of things anymore
and to them that is very upsetting

The other thing you need to be aware of is that dogs are keenly intune to your emotions
They will react to the way your feeling even Before you realize that's the way you were feeling
So if your feeling sad or depressed they are going to def react to that