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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 346677" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>That's so sad, Janet! She literally grieved herself to death- I bet Jamie was heartbroken.</p><p></p><p>The story did remind me that when difficult child left, the dogs acted just as dazed and lost as I did for a few weeks. It's like our compass was gone. Yes, difficult child's dog is the female and that description about a typical female dogs instinct/behavior fits her pretty well! </p><p></p><p>Marg- thanks for bring up that the dogs might punish difficult child. I've had dogs in the past who would punish me if I had to come home late or something but hadn't thought about the possibility of difficult child's dog punishing him by ignoring him or something when he comes home. I'll tell him that today. She likes to sleep with her legs stretched out and "locked" and moves her legs a lot when she turns over, seemingly kicking whoever is next to her. So I have teased difficult child and told him that she is probably going to kick him a whole lot when he comes home to punish him for leaving- but she really might hold back some before warming up to him. Very good point!</p><p></p><p>They both sniff me a lot when I come home after visiting difficult child. I think maybe they can smell his scent on me since he and I hug each other pretty tight at the end of every visitation- maybe that will help.</p><p></p><p>Suz- it's sad that your dog remembered the yelling and so forth from Rob so much that they reacted that way. Our dogs have stayed away from difficult child for hours at a time after one of his explosions in the past. I'm hoping that the last incident went so quickly- with me just going to the car and calling 911 with neither of us yelling- that the dogs won't remember difficult child as a source of chaos or fear. He never hurt either of them, but you know, they would fear his explosions anyway.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 346677, member: 3699"] That's so sad, Janet! She literally grieved herself to death- I bet Jamie was heartbroken. The story did remind me that when difficult child left, the dogs acted just as dazed and lost as I did for a few weeks. It's like our compass was gone. Yes, difficult child's dog is the female and that description about a typical female dogs instinct/behavior fits her pretty well! Marg- thanks for bring up that the dogs might punish difficult child. I've had dogs in the past who would punish me if I had to come home late or something but hadn't thought about the possibility of difficult child's dog punishing him by ignoring him or something when he comes home. I'll tell him that today. She likes to sleep with her legs stretched out and "locked" and moves her legs a lot when she turns over, seemingly kicking whoever is next to her. So I have teased difficult child and told him that she is probably going to kick him a whole lot when he comes home to punish him for leaving- but she really might hold back some before warming up to him. Very good point! They both sniff me a lot when I come home after visiting difficult child. I think maybe they can smell his scent on me since he and I hug each other pretty tight at the end of every visitation- maybe that will help. Suz- it's sad that your dog remembered the yelling and so forth from Rob so much that they reacted that way. Our dogs have stayed away from difficult child for hours at a time after one of his explosions in the past. I'm hoping that the last incident went so quickly- with me just going to the car and calling 911 with neither of us yelling- that the dogs won't remember difficult child as a source of chaos or fear. He never hurt either of them, but you know, they would fear his explosions anyway. [/QUOTE]
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