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How pets grieve divorce differently than humans

Our dog keeps waiting by the door at 6pm when he used to come home and I don't know how to explain divorce to a golden retriever.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Animals witness our attachments without understanding their dissolution, becoming innocent mirrors of loyalty we can no longer sustain.

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“Where Are You with Grief for lost relationships — ambiguous loss of divorce?”

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