It is long so bear with me!My lovely big dog is 11, and previously was the most laid back chilled animal. Very calm, happy to be left, good natured.
In September he had a scan which revealed a number of masses in his abdomen, and exploratory surgery to biopsy and examine them. All results came back clear thankfully but his sutures failed and he developed an infection so he had to have the whole operation redone to redo all the stitches. It was a stressful time with many out of hours vets visits, obviously he was in pain and felt very unwell.
His wound has since healed and he had also started on thyroid medication which means physically he looks like a much healthier dog. However he is incredibly anxious, cannot bear to not be in the room with me( not so worried about DH) doesn’t sleep at night and barks a lot if left.
He also licks and scratches obsessively which has given him some hot spots that have become infected. Does anyone have any experience of this and anything we might do to calm him down? He still has to go to the vets to get his thyroid medication and check on his various skin infections so he doesn’t really get a break from there.