 Death and dogs?????
Need a little advice and/or opinion.
To make a long story short, we moved my terminally ill mother-in-law (mil) to live with us because I was the only one that did not work and could take care of her as she got fragile. She was only here for two short weeks before she passed; cancer is a very painful thing. I took care of her with the help of hospice. Although she was in a lot of pain and yelled and moaned all the time, the dogs got used to her pretty fast. Her hospital bed was stationed in my family room, so me and the dog/kennels moved downstairs to the couch. My babies slept really good and I knew they would, as long as they knew I was right there. We moved mil to Hospice House on a Thursday night so we moved upstairs. Everything was fine. I got a call Friday morning and by the time I got there, she was gone. The problem I have is Ally. She will be two years on New Years Eve at a little over 3 lbs. Ever since mil passed, she is deathly afraid of her kennel. She has never been like this. I've moved her kennel from my bedside (arm's length) to the couch again and it doesn't work. It has been a little over a week and she shakes with fright when I go to put her in it at night. It's like putting a cat in water. What do I do? Do I put her in with Tia; she has a medium size kennel and they would both fit comfortably. I felt so bad for her last night, I reached down, opened her kennel, and put her in the bed with me. She was still restless though. Is she feeling the loss? She has never been this way. Advice....opinions... |