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What a tragic loss, and I cannot imagine the heartbreak of not being there... but what wonderful vets to have your voices there for Swiftie... just wonderful.

So sorry for this loss and grief

so so sorry for this grief and loss

awww dirt to lie on and bacon to eat and wonderful image of her many prayers for you in this grief and loss

Defintely do some "alone training" to get him used to the comings-and-goings. our 2 hounds did great just with 2-4 days of real focus on this. Do search, "alone training" and see if any of those steps help him.

So sorry for the loss of this special girl. Glad for all the years you had with her prayers for you

Kingsley did this for most of the 8 years we had him.... up at 3... walk to front window, bark once, come back in and go back to sleep. Amazing clockwork. Once we knew it was not cause he needed anything (like you are figuring out) we just tried to enjoy this quirk... and now miss it that he's gone.

Fantastic!

So so sorry for the grief of losing this beautiful girl

so so sorry for this grief and loss

oh no... so sorry for the loss of such a wonderful girl... your house will-indeed seem quiet without her dancing around. Many prayers for you all

so so sorry for this loss and grief... many prayers for you

What a beautiful girl... so so sorry for this loss and grief.

See if turning around in a circle, or going to other direction helps. And good that you are kinda pushing from the shoulder or butt, rather than trying to pull from the neck. For a while it may be that you cross back-and-forth across the street a lot, or walk up and down a very short stretch of sidewalk, but it will get better... but that could be months to years, maybe not just days or weeks. (just so you are prepared... we had a really nervous walker)

Our Kingsley hated the crate... once we allowed him free-reign of the house, he was fine. He never ate/destroyed anything or had accidents. I bet it was about 1-month into our having him that we tried leaving him without the crate and were so relieved to find THAT was the stressor, not our being gone. good luck! Hope it ends up as easy for you as it was for us.

So sorry for the grief of losing Queen. many prayers for you

Down was what was so hard for our Kingsley, too. If you have a harness, put that on, cause then you can stand right next to him to do the suitcase method. We found Kingsley could do the 3 steps outside, so my husband would carry him down our flight of stairs, put him on the last 3 and let him figure them out (without just jumping them all) then putting him up one more step at a time. Can't recall how long it took him once we kinda figured this technique out... but I recall it being around the month-mark for him to be able to go both up and down. I'll confirm that you have carpeted stairs? Ours we hard wood and getting carpet squares for them is also what made it possible for him to go up or down. Good luck!

So sorry for this loss and grief.

"He not only cuddled, he threw his foreleg across me and rested his head on my shoulder. The sound of his peaceful breathing was the sweetest music ever." oh what a sweet-sweet picture and memory... thank you so much for sharing it with us, and sharing all that love with Possum for the best 66 days! So so sorry for this loss and grief.

Maybe move the crate some time that you could then hang out in the reading room for a while, and hope that he will hang out there with you. Then move it back to the LR, and do this a few times... I bet with a slow-moving of the crate, he will get used to it in a new location.

so so sorry for this loss. Love the photo you posted. prayers for you

So sorry for the death of Wink... she did seem like one of the ones who had always been there, and just always would. Many prayers for your grief and loss.

Oh I am so sorry for this loss. I was so thrilled when Bebe came to live with your pack and I know she was too. many prayers for your household in handling this grief and loss.

It is with swollen eyes that we post of the death of our beloved Kingsley. He was our first greyhound, and we had him for more than 8 years. So blessed to have had him in our lives. We were curled up with him, rubbing his feet and telling him what a great boy he was as he passed. On our vacation in Maine this June, soaking up the sun: A favorite photo of him:

I remembered that he was your heart-dog... I am so sorry for this great loss and grief