u/InMyNirvana

My sweet pit passed away 3 weeks ago, leaving our corgi as the only dog in the house. Tyrion the corgi has been with my fiancé for 13 years since puppyhood. I’ve been in the picture for 8 years, and we adopted our pit 5 years ago. Tyrion has never been a “dog’s dog” in the sense that he doesn’t really like to play or interact with the other dogs. For the most part he was always seemingly ambivalent to our pit being around, if not occasionally annoyed. However, since she passed, it seems like his age caught up to him a lot. Slower on walks, not barking or getting as excited about things. Is he actually a little sad? Does he miss the “competition” being around? We’re eyeballing another shelter dog, but can’t commit to an adoption for another six weeks or so because I’m making a job transition and I’ll be gone a lot for the first month. Would bringing another dog in help put some spring back into his step?

Unfortunately, my best friend has passed away.

Keeley deteriorated pretty quickly over the last few days. Last night she slipped in her bowl of kibble and slumped to the floor, struggling to finish her dinner.

This morning, at the vets office, she had a seizure. We decided to let her go. The vet said because of how quickly she declined both cognitively and physically that it was likely some sort of brain tumor. He said there was nothing we could have done.

Thank you for all your support, give your hippos an extra squeeze for me.