My older boy who is 15 this year is very bonded with my sister. She would come over on the weekends almost every week and he is just obsessed with her... He follows her wherever she goes. He's sad to see her leave and she takes him for over night visits every now and then but he's happy to come home. I'm not sure why he loves her so... I'm the one that feeds him, walks him, grooms him etc... But it's quite something to see the connection. I say that they are soul mates... Bc the way he cries out in sheer joy when she walks into the house is just so amazing. I wouldn't cut off your little one from seeing her first owner if they have a strong bond. Maybe he just gets sad for a little while and you can give him a special treat or something when he comes back home to you? We have a routine when he comes home. He gets a tiny piece of cheese and a small biscuit and then we go for a little walk so he gets to mark and pee all over his "home turf" and although he looks for her when we get back inside, he does settle back down. I'm a stay home mom so lately I've been keeping him during the day and then she picks him up after work for a sleepover and then drops him off again in the morning. This only works for us bc we literally live down the road from each other. But if one of us moved it would be hard for me to not let her take him maybe for longer periods of time. He is just so very happy and content to be with her. Ive just accepted that he's a one person kind of dog and I would never interfere with that love connection. I think it's why he's still so healthy! You would never know he's 15! Looks like a 5 year old... No blindness or any aging issues. |