The good news is that I am seeing a few signs that he is feeling better about me and tonight he chose to curl up next to me rather than the opposite end of the couch like he has been doing. It is dogs like Tolkien that really break my heart because while I know that when he moves on to his new home it will most likely be his last transition, he doesn't know that so I feel guilty because I know that I will be yet another person he loses. I know that logically it has to be done to save lives and find those 2nd chances for homeless dogs, but it is the part that tends to grab you emotionally and logic isn't especially good at overcoming emotion.
Sad dogs get to me. Dogs almost always are these happy, carefree, live-in-the-moment creatures so when a dog is depressed it just feels so terribly wrong.
The good news is that things will change for Tolkien. Exercise and exploring will help as will hanging out with the other terriers in this house who are all about living in the moment. Things will get better and slowly he will reblossom as the happy and loved dog he was meant to be.
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Such a lucky dog to have landed in your care! I wonder if some of the signs of depression you are noticing aren't added to by the hormonal shifts that happen after a neutering surgery. Certainly that happens in humans! That will gradually get better over weeks and months and I don't think there is anything other than what you are doing for him that will help.
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