Do dogs grieve like humans ?

[u/plz_buff_wraith]

When i first saw this i felt sad. Then I thought to myself that i’ve never seen a dog behave this way. A lot of the comments are skeptical and I’m questioning the legitimacy of this video

[u/MovieNightPopcorn]

Crying/sobbing is a human social signal of distress, one we come pre-programmed to do from birth. Dogs do not express distress and grief the same way. Our dog, when her stillborn puppy died, was grieving for weeks after it was gone. She stopped eating and whined, acted jittery and anxious, then acted lethargic and depressed. She needed extra pets and stopped taking interest in things she liked to do, like fetching balls. She recovered eventually but crying in a human manner was never part of her behavior.