Morning!
Last night our dog made a bit of a fuss at the living room door (scratched it) so DH got up to see what the problem was - the dog was suddenly busting for a poop. So after said poop, back to bed for everyone, however DH made the mistake of bringing the dog upstairs to sleep on the floor next to our bed. I told him that that's ultimately the dog's goal so better take him back downstairs otherwise he'll think he can scratch the door and come upstairs with us as we've rewarded that behaviour. So he took him downstairs and switched the adaptil plug-in on.
30mins later, the dog does it again. This time I went down, opened the living room door and the front door in case he wanted to be sick or something (not unusual). Instead he trotted round to next door's garden?! So I called him back in and told him to go to bed - still nice voice just in case he had some genuine issue.
1 hour later, he does it again. DH is asleep now so I went down again and as soon as I open the living room door, the dog tries to run upstairs. This time he gets told off and told to go on his bed. He slinks off.
About an hour or so later, he does it again. This time DH goes to deal with it and it's not until about 3am that I notice he's not come back to bed. He decided to stay downstairs to give us both some peace from our manic pooch!
He was in a funny mood yesterday (dog, not DH!). He didn't really know what to do with himself and would pace a little bit between the living room and dining room whilst DH was cooking. When we ate, we sat at the table and dog wanted to stare at us, so we sent him to his bed where he moved between two bed locations before settling down. (He has 3 beds - we used to have another dog but she was sadly PTS in July - he's been a bit up and down but we've seen a really positive change in him this last week where he's now affectionate but not super needy and submissive.) Instead of then sitting at the sofa and watching a bit of TV, DH and I played a game of scrabble. Usually when we watch TV the dog comes and sits with us and curls up and has a good ol dreaming session. So he didn't get that last night. But he can't dictate how we live our life!!
I've posted about my dog before - i'm about 3 weeks off from giving birth and I think my hormones are sending him potty, but last night was a new one. He has scratched at the door before but usually it's because he has a genuine issue and will settle down after he's been out for a wee. He gets 3 walks a day and at the mo, he spends all his time with us as I'm on maternity leave and DH had had some time off.
This is unusual for him - usually when we both work we get a dog walker in or he goes to my neighbour for the day as we found he just couldn't cope well on his own since our big dog has gone. So it's more unusual that there's both of us in the house! Next week DH goes back to work and then I'll be leaving the dog at home for doctors appointments etc. Again, not normally a problem. But now I'm not so sure!
Also the other thing he does is he comes into the living room and just stares at us. We've taken to ignoring him as he was already told he needed to go on his bed (which he did do for about 3 seconds). But his staring is relentless! He will do it for ages. It's like he doesn't know what to do with himself.
He's in a good routine so I dont think it's to do with a lack of walks or anything. The big difference yesterday was that i had a baby brain moment and thought he hadn't eaten breakfast so gave him some meat after we got in at lunch time. But it's only a week or two since we stopped doing 3 little meals a day. We had to do 3 meals a day due to our big dog's need to wolf down her food so was recommened 3 small meals to stop her getting bloat. So he had more food than he normally does... Which explains the need to poop, but nothing else!
Sorry - this has turned into a bit of an essay!!
Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated! It feels like when the baby comes, his world is going to be totally flipped and I'm concerned he wont be able to cope!
Thanks!
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lilwelshyrs · 25/10/2015 07:17
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