Why is my dog depressed?

I had been longing for the deep connection I had with my first Chihuahua, Bijoux who was the apple of my eye for 13 years and passed away 6 years ago.

Oh my Bijoux, do I miss her....

So when the shelter owner timely offered me a chi(huahua) who was rescued from a breeder, I immediately drove an hour to the shelter and brought her home and changed her name from Melon to Coco. When I asked the shelter owner why she named her Melon, she replied "We ran out of names!"

Bijoux was put to sleep due to a painful brain tumor. I adopted another chi as soon as Bijoux died 5 years ago, but Chico never really warmed up to us as a family as Bijoux did. Bijoux lived through the birth of both of my kids, we took numerous trips all over the US, she was the star dog on the upper west side of New York. I met Howard Stern and Whoopi Goldbert through her. She was a star of the Upper West Side.

Chico never overcame the trauma of whatever hell the local evil breeder put him through. He would often just lie looking depressed or maybe he was content that he's not in a cage being abused. Can dogs get depressed? I think so. Can dogs be racists? I think so. My first chi baby Bijoux did not like dark skinned men. She would growl at them for no reason. But Chico.. He just didn't like any men. Especially the Asian ones. Needless to say, to the day he died of tick fever, he didn't warm up to my hubby who is an Asian male. We miss him, but he was completely messed up by the trauma experienced at the breeding hellhole which was most likely owned by a local Chinese man. I guess dogs are no different than humans. Some get over their traumas, and some never do.

Chico had a good life with us after what I can only imagine as intolerable abuse...RIP by second chi baby

So here's my 3rd chi, Coco who is super confused. Even though I accidentally saw her twice held by my kids 10 feet away from my door, she could not come in. Even though she caught my gaze for a second, she knew it was her mama! She was back! But why isn't she giving me a huge hug and kisses after 7 weeks? Doesn't she miss me? Why did she disappear into her room so quickly? After the short encounters, she scratched my door incessantly. She managed to sneak into my room twice because the door was not completely shut, I freaked out! All I could do is, yell out to my daughter, "Thea, get her! Get her now!" The first time she snuck in, I couldn't help but hold her out of the pure joy of reuniting with my baby.. but I was risking it! So I had to put her down and ask my daughter to give her a bath right away! "Mom, she's contaminated now!", "Just give her a bath quickly!" I yelled. Poor Coco was so confused. Why isn't mommy happy? Why is she screaming? I don't get what's going on!!!!! The second time she snuck in, I had to sit on my chair with my feet off the ground so she would not touch me and yell, "Thea get her!!!!" I felt like the Chinese trapeze artist from Ocean's Eleven, the petite gymnast who couldn't touch the ground when he broke into the vault. Except I'm nowhere as agile as him because i've been sitting on my butt in front of the computer for the past 6 days.

She must feel so rejected, poor thing. Hence, ever since her first and second strange encounters with me, she's been resting in a corner by herself instead of begging to climb on my daughter's lap. I told you dogs can get depressed.

Coco doesn't know this, but I get to see her on Thea's phone. She shows me how Coco keeps walking by my door, longing for mommy, scratching my door, but she doesn't know why mommy will not come out to hug and give her mushy wushy kisses. Poor thing. I hope she is not traumatized for life like you know who... I see you baby, and I still love you!!!

Can Cesar Milan zoom her please?? SOS Cesar!!!