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So yesterday I brought Xena around to see some old 'friends' of hers (ours), you know, all the places she always liked to go. She's always made such an impression on everyone she meets and always gets so happy to go visiting! She knows all of my friends by name, always has. If I say, 'Go say hi to Joe', she's goes to Joe. Not Mike, not Rick, but Joe. And if I tell her to 'go say hi to Rick', well........you get the idea. (I LOVE my girl!!)
A lot of them were all together yesterday (Which made the trip easier! LOL....), and this was the first time any of them has seen her since the Dx, so it was kind of heartwrenching for them. She actually made a grown man cry yesterday. (He held it back the best he could, but I could tell.......)
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Personally I think providing this type of emotional healing is helpful for the dog too. It was one of the reasons we moved back to WI. We got to the point where our dogs care could be handled by any oncologist and since our dog has so many friends here, we knew he'd be happier here. It is amazing when he sees people he hasn't seen in 4 years or goes to his favorite spots, he remembers them all. Humans say the emotional support helps them with their struggle, I can't imagine it would be different for dogs. If you can, keep up visits like this. It is good for you too to have the support of close friends.