Hi,
Thanks for replying and trying to help us with our problem. In answer to Poochy7, no he has never slept with us, always down stairs, he was trained right from a baby to stay downstairs, and at that time on his own, although the cats would come and go, so he wasn't really on his own, then in 2006 we adopted a podenca from Ibiza, a spanish greyhound, Rex was 6 and Sandy about 2 and right from day one they just love each other and go everywhere together. Rex never cried for me in the mornings like this. When ever I go out, I say "look after the house for Mummy, see you later", if he is not on the bed with Sandy, he gets up and joins her and looks at me as if to say, ok. We got our Whippet as I was affraid if something happened to Rex poor Sandy would be on her own and she is so attached to little Rex, she would have been too stressed, already a stressed dog after her passed life in spain. They all sleep together, but Rex tends to snuggle up to her Sandy, like a big teddy bear. After he had his back hurt, we made a little ramp up to the bed (sofa) so he could still go up and be with the other two, but now he is better he can jump again.
Like you say Maximo, sounds very much like what you went through, I think because of his eyes, his ears and the confusion, dementia setting in, he is frightened to be with out me. Now my husband is at home, retired, when I go out, he said he is constantly going out the catflap looking for me. I think I will have to try and give him some homeopathic treatment, so will ask the vêt which one, so that in the long term calms this stress he has. It's extremely upsetting to see him go this way, he is such a little love as you can imagine, and because of his stress and crying starting early in the morning, he spends his day sleeping, but if I'm out side when he wakes up he follows me everywhere, before he was just happy having the company of the other dogs. Yes I don't think this is a behavour problem either as he wasn't like this before. I thanks those who have come back tih an answer and certainly will keep you informed. Will try and post a photo when I figure out how to do it, as I'm not used to using forums, Many thanks again, will speak again soon, Brittany29
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