The Ex

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Abby Govindan and her Cat Anjali

How To tell your pet that you have separated with your partner and you will never cuddle with you again?

When Abby Govindan, 22, from Houston, Texas, got from your friend dropped one of their biggest concerns was, as you say, your Cat , the guy had had loved, left.

The American comedian and writer, complained on Twitter: "How do I explain To My Cat that he loved My Friend More Than anything in The World that never ever once again"?

And with 250,000 likes and nearly 13,000 retweets, your pay plea clearly.

she told the BBC she was shocked at how many People come in contact with many more of you to send private messages to the support.

"I have broken with, and a few minutes later, I was on Twitter, The First thought in my head. The People were really nice, but I just didn't expect that answer. "

Abby added: "I'm actually a dog person, but I had my Cat Anjali for just over a year. She was a Rescue and provides me with emotional support.

"But it was my ex-partner had, for the past seven months, the taught me How To "speak Cat " - they understood each other on a more intimate level, and they worshiped him. "

Abby said that Anjali, 12, would perk up the ears and run to the door, when you hear the sound of Abby's former partner, locking his car, when he came.

"I wish I could explain to her what's going on. I think, you know, something is different than when I Came Home after The Break , she was much more affectionate with me than she normally is.

Abby said, as she for The First time Anjali, the Cat would suffer from Separation Anxiety and would check her waking up in The Middle of The Night , she was Still There , so she was concerned about how The Relationship will break, the couple would affect you.

"I see you are trying to find Out what's going on. She comes over to see me when I cry. It is usually a bit of a diva, but she's really nice. "

Amy Loyd of Tennessee, USA, was on Twitter. She Said Abby: "If my ex-husband left me, my dog went into a severe depression. I have to keep another dog to your company. Not completely convinced that it has helped, but I think it did change your mental focus. Now they are besties. "

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Boston Terrier Lily was if your family dynamics changed.

"Lily is a Rescue and has been With Us for 12 years. I was, as my son is three, and I was a single mother.

"When I first heard from my ex-husband in 2010, she fell in love with him. He knew how her pet in exactly The Right way. "

But if her former partner had left after two years of marriage, Lily also left heartbroken.

"I don't think she realized quite what was going on at first. You would not eat it; she was not excited to see People - she was sick with love.

Amy Loyd says her dogs Lily and London to help you emotional

Amy Said , she sat with Lily and would not say "it is your fault', but of course had no idea to understand how much your dog really.

later, another Rescue - London - and while the two initially, a while to trust each other lasted, now you spend all your time together.

Amy says she is convinced that her dogs helped her from The Relationship .

"I needed loyalty, after my husband left me for someone else. These two give me and my son the love and loyalty that we earn. "

But what you should do, when It Comes to a break, if animals are involved?

Elaine Henley of The Association of Pet Behaviour counsellors (APBC) and a clinical animal behavior interventionist in Glasgow in the UK.

she says, it is important to recognize that Pets will be able to pick up on behavior and emotional cues emitted by the couples involved.

"If there's People to argue a lot of bitterness in the Home , perhaps, or a lot of upsets, The Creatures , The Emotions do not get to be able to understand the reasons why," She Said . "They ask, like small children, what happens when their families break up. You want to know what mom and dad make you so unhappy?"

you said, this could cause you to respond and to play - it is unexpected aggression, over eating, running around and anxiety.

Elaine Henley and Roy, a Rescue parrot, the proposed still mourns the death of its former owner

to examine the step-by-step introduction of the fact that a nurse is not added in The Animal life, but that is not always easy.

Henley said she was unsurprised that Abby's was a Cat in the payment of their attention and said: "to see Pets, the subtleties in your Body Language and pick up on the pheromones that they emit. "

she added: "We can't be more like The Ex , but The Animal , the person seemed nice and safe and Loving , so you will feel his loss. You don't need reassurance that you are planning to go anywhere, and if they are spoken to in a calm manner, that would help. "

But what happens now?

Now, back in the USA, Abby says she will allow her, and to mourn Anjali space and time. Your favorite answer to your question of how Anjali can know what is going on?

"My Friend messaged me, saying I should tell her: "Very, very careful'. "

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Source of news: bbc.com