It’s amazing what some closure can do for a person – or for a dog.

Sadie, a 13-year-old border collie-dalmatian-shepherd mutt, had been mourning the loss of her best friend and owner who recently passed away from a heart attack.

Sadie had been the man’s loyal companion since he adopted her as an 8-week-old puppy.

The man’s wife, Julie Beaulieu, says that the senior dog had become depressed following the death of her husband. For the ten days following Mr. Beaulieu’s death, Sadie lost ten pounds because she refused to eat.

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“She was so distraught and lost. Around 2:30 or three o’clock she’d listen for his truck, she’d go stand at the window…