Mourning a loss
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Comments (4)Yes, chickens do mourn. They are flock animals and miss special friends especially hard. Show her lots of extra attention and give her treats. When we lost our flock's Head Hen to old age, our Head Roo missed her terribly and died less than 48 hours later (nothing wrong with him at all!). The entire flock was lost and wandered about crying out and being VERY clingy with us. They needed lots of reassurance and special attention. I even devoted a section of my chicken info page to this phenomenon. People who don't know chickens have no idea that chickens can grieve just like people do, it always surprises people when I tell them. Velvet ~:>...See MoreMourning the loss of our dog
Comments (2)Marilyn, Sorry to hear about Pokey. We went through a similar experience last year. Despite our vets best efforts, our dog Bullet died at home of congestive heart failure. He also was 14 and we still miss him. They give so much and ask for little in return. Remember the good times. Kathy...See MoreMourning the loss of a dear friend
Comments (31)I am sorry for you loss and can identify. My best friend of 50 years passed away in 2020. She had lung cancer but as she lived on Vancouver Island and was so immunocomprimised, I wasn't able to visit her at all the year before she died. We talked on the phone and facetimed for as long as she was up for it but she was too weak the last couple of months of her life. When she went into hospice, her daughter set a day up with me to help my friend with Facetime, but sadly she passed the day before that was to happen. I miss her so much and still think "oh - I'll have to tell Susan that..."...See MoreHaving hard time naming new pup - maybe bc still mourning loss of dog
Comments (12)Just a quick update - While I miss Sam a ton - the name “Baxter“ no longer reminds me of him. Baxter has a unique personality - and is definitely his own little man! It appears that he is going to stay pretty small (smaller than I expected - his mom is 6.5 lbs) - today he turned 7 months old - and he’s only 2.6 lbs. However, he has a BIG personality - and is extremely lovable! Pic from about a month ago (6 months): Photos from a two days ago: He really needs a haircut but I haven’t been feeling well - so, he looks a bit of a mess - especially after just coming back inside after playing w his big sister (who has FINALLY warmed up to him). He is kind of an ”odd” pup - but in a cute way! Very smart - and was extremely easy to house train. He started using a bell to go outside when he wasn’t even three months old. I had just started to introduce the bell by shaking it a little when I said ”Let’s go outside” as I opened the door - and about three days later, he began ringing it on his own. He didn’t learn it from Ella - she’s never used a bell (she just lets me know when she needs to go out). I was a bit shocked when I was in the other room and heard it ring. However, he tends to “overuse” the bell - especially when its nice outside (it’s 52 degrees and sunny today so quite a few trips outside) - he LOVES being outside. A few weeks ago he started ringing the bell when he wants to “steal“ something that Ella has (like a turkey tendon or a trachea - he likes them better after she’s already been chewing on them!) Ella will drop whatever she’s chewing on and follow him outside (she also loves being outdoors) - and then he will make a quick u-turn back into the house - and grab whatever she’s dropped. When Ella comes back inside, she is very confused about her tendon/trachea/etc. mysteriously disappearing. Anyway - I truly appreciate all the advice/support/comments from everyone. I was way more worried about it than I needed to be. I just wasn’t emotionally ready for a new pup - but I am extremely happy that I decided to go ahead and bring him home with me! Thanks again, Dani...See More- 5 years ago
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