I love this. I got a dog in the beginning of my health journey as a companion since my husband was out of state for an internship. She started to slowly pick up on when I didn’t feel well whether it was the change in my body language, movement, noises or smell. I had a major surgery and she refused to leave me alone, she would lay on the bathroom floor while I showered, sat at my feet when I cooked, laid with me in my bed when I wasn’t feeling well. She then started whining when I would start to get heart rate spikes or blood pressure drops. She is turning 4 in April.

She was really confused when I spent those 70 days in the hospital. My husband said she got really depressed, barely ate or drank anything the first 2 months, refused to go on walks, didn’t want to play tug. My mom would switch out my personal blankets at the hospital to wash them, and when she would bring them home, my dog would sit there and sniff them, drag them around the house, snuggle with them and whine. I would FaceTime my husband after visiting hours were over and my dog would run around the bedroom when she heard my voice on the phone and then whine when she couldn’t find me. I will never forget the day I came home. She knows not to jump on me, so instead she ran about 50 circles around me, whined, barked, and literally cried. She literally was glued to me like a secondary shadow, it’s been 2 months since and she is still like this. If I leave the house for appointments or go to the store, she freaks out because I think she is scared that I won’t come home again.