So, some of you may have seen me posting about fireworks. I have an ex-brood bitch who is generally nervous and has very bad noise phobia.
Today she is utterly utterly miserable after weeks of loud noises and I am feeling so sad. I love her, she is an absolute sweetheart, but although she is not a typical 'difficult' dog, she has problems. We didn't really know this when we got her. The rescue told us she was very calm, an easy dog suitable for first-time owners. The last few months have been a huge learning curve and I now understand that this was not strictly the case. Well, she was calm but only because she was shut down.
We decided early on to stick with her, that she is worth the work. Up until the fireworks started our work training and socialising her was paying off. She was confidently enjoying the outdoors, off lead walks and her socialisation was really coming along, we even successfully took her on the tube. But now she is more like the dog we brought home all those months ago again. Hopefully it's temporary but today I am really struggling and desperately frustrated that I can't do more to help her. I look at the puppy confidently bumbling around, desperate to be allowed to start his walks and feel bad that she didn't really have a chance to be a 'normal' dog.
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SpicyPear · 12/11/2012 15:58
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