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[quote=Anonymous]She is channeling her motherly instincts on the dog. It is not a bad thing as she is practicing to be a mom.. in case they will have a baby, she seems she will be pretty protective one to it. 
For now, she could just take another dog because she is most likely feeling empathy for the dog being alone and seems like she might be projecting her own sense  of loneliness either now or from early childhood, it must be strong in this one.
Anyhoo.. if she will get another dog she might feel more emotionally balanced that leaving two dogs at home is precisely as taking the dog to the daycare or other place where a dog will not be suffering loneliness and solitude.
She is somewhat correct that a smart intelligent animals  do feel lonely if left alone and can get pretty depressed, the more attached to the owner and the smarter the dog the greater chance for depression if left alone for longer periods.
So, having another dog would give her great sense of relief. Offer that idea to her and see how it will play. The thing is that she might be just looking for some solution but she might not have thought of that. My close friend had a cat who was very attached to her and vice versa, she had really hard time leaving a cat alone at home, especially once neighbors reported a cat was meowing miserably all the time she was at work, that make her feeling even more upset because now she KNEW that the cat was suffering when she was out, not only imagine it. They took a second cat and it was instant problem solver. The two cats got along very well and no more crying when she was out. Also she had a good feeling knowing that both cats kept each other company when the owners were out. It was also so much easier on them to go away and leave the cats in the care of someone coming to visit the cats and feed them daily as the cats were just fine.
It was quite a simple solution as if you have one animal, taking another is not much more trouble, you go already for walks, you already need food,  you already need to refill it and the water and you need to go to the vet anyway.

When you look around you see often people walking two dogs, one bigger and one smaller.. or two small dogs..
those pairs are in most cases result of taking a second pet to solve a solo pet problems.
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