Dogs don't think like human beings.
They don't "miss" other dogs or persons.
If you're gone tomorrow, your dog won't miss you, that's the truth.
If there's a good trainer taking care of your dog when you're gone, you won't be missed.
That's just the way it is.
The dog does recognize you however, but recognizing and missing someone is two different things.
Hmmm....disagree with this to some degree.
An animal in some instances (or most) has better senses. I've seen when an animal in a pack of dogs die, the others react aware of the situation. The become more calm, ears down, & heads lowered. As humans we label them as being sad. Now I don't think they're crying over their lost companion, but they do sense "loss". Sure, it's not like humans where is goes for weeks or months....but I have seen on my own accord lasting a couple days. It's more of a 'displaced' sense of behaviour.
Also, I know again from personal experience that when i was a kid growing up, my dog would sit in the window & would not leave until I came home. If I went some where from a couple days to a week, the dog would continue to do that until I came home. My parents would describe the dog as having a loss of appetite & wouldn't move from the window. Now sure, not all animals do this & my current dog does not do this. But how can you be so positive that dogs don't do this unless you've seen it first hand? When I let for the Marines, my dog did this for the first week or so & then 'forgot' as you would say. But when I came home to visit 6 months later or 1 year later, she sure was happy to see me. So much so when I left again, she would sit in that window waiting for another week or so.
How do you explain this? When you do, let me know because I never could. It wasn't something I taught this dog. It's just when you say "dogs" don't do this, I can understand because it's not typical, but also it's not 100% accurate.
