Grief may be a human emotion, but dogs definitely feel it too. At least, that’s what was seen in this heartbreaking yet heartwarming story.
Sadie, a 13-year-old Border Collie, Dalmatian, and Shepherd mix, recently lost her beloved owner, Andy Beaulieu, to a sudden heart attack.
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Sadie, raised by Beaulieu since she was a puppy, immediately sensed his absence and began showing signs of grief.
“She was putting her head on his hand and tried to nuzzle him,” Jeremy May, President of Elements Cremation, told People, describing how Sadie responded at the scene.
Used to accompanying her owner to work each day, Sadie was devastated in the ten days between Beaulieu’s death and his funeral. Waiting at the window for her owner, she refused to eat or sleep alone, eventually losing a significant amount of weight. Julia Beaulieu, Andy’s wife, recognized that Sadie needed closure and arranged for her to attend the funeral service.
When Sadie entered the visitation, she approached the casket with Julia, gently placing her front paws on it and looking in before stepping down. Her actions moved everyone in the room, with May recalling: “There wasn’t a dry eye in the house.”
