Bill N
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A question for other cat owners. Our 17 year old Shih Tzu, Heidi, died about 16 days ago. Of course we were totally consumed with sorrow. Our oldest cat, Grace, is 10 years old and has been with us since she was 4 weeks old. She and Heidi were always pretty good buddies - never had any fights and did play occasionally. But since Heidi died, Grace has really been moping around and follows my wife from room to room. Our other cat, Squeak, is doing the same thing but he was only here for the last 3 years of Heidi's life. We got Heidi's ashes back in a beautiful wooden box about a week ago and, on an impulse, I put the box on the floor and both cats immediately went to smelling it pretty intensely. Grace rubbed herself on it several times. It was like she knows what was in the box. Yesterday, I once again put the box on the floor and Grace immediately came over and fawned over it and rubbed it and laid on her back and rolled on it. She also frequently visits Heidi's bed which we have not removed. I would swear Grace is grieving this loss even more than us. Anybody with cats and dogs ever come across a situation like this?