Seriously, think what you will about this holiday, I have no opinion either way... EXCEPT for the fireworks. Really? Is it that important to blow shit up and scare the daylights out of the poor animals? Doktor Dog is a mess... and I mean A MESS. He is taking Prozac AND 50mg of Bennedryl, he is wearing his thunder shirt, and I am even putting some calming herbs in his food. He is shaking, and panting, and drooling. His tail is tucked tight between his legs, his ears pressed back further than I have ever seen. He will NOT go outside. Yesterday Mike had to walk outside with him, and we were able to get him to go out, today, he would not even go out with a leash... he flailed about and cried. Last night he woke us up trying to fit under our bed, he tore the lining of our box spring so that he could fit better. He got stuck behind the toilet today. AND... this is all the time, not just when the explosions happen... sense last friday when people in our area started lighting them off on a regular basis, Doktor Dog has been a mess of a pooch. What do I have to look forward to on Wednesday???? My neighbors spend NO LESS than 1 thousand dollars on fireworks, they put on a show that rivals the show over lake union. My house is a house of horrors on the 4th of July. By the time Wednesday rolls around, I will be picking up his accidents all over the house, trying to pry him out of tighter and tighter spaces, watching him shake like a leaf... and hoping that it will be over quickly. It never is tho... the 4th of July at my house lasts at least until the 10th or 12th, and there is nothing I can do about it. I have placed a blanket over his kennel, trying to create a safe space for him... but as soon as a really loud BOOM is heard, he is again trying to squeeze himself into spaces where he does not fit. I am at a loss. I would love to take him away for the day, but it does not just stop on the 4th here. One of the perks of living in un-incorporated Lynnwood is that fireworks are NOT illegal, and they have 3 days before the 4th, and 3 days after the 4th to light them off... and even though it keeps on going after the time allotment, it is difficult to get anyone to do anything about it.
poor scared Doktor Dog Trying to find a place for him to
hide...
So... needless to say, training has stopped for the moment. I can not get him to respond to anything, and I think it is best to give him a bit of a break. He can barely function right now, and I don't think that it is right to try and get him to perform when he can't even go outside to relieve himself. I can't wait for this month to be over... maybe come August we can have some peace, and Dok can return to his normal self, and maybe then we can make some more improvements to his issues. Poor kid.
Poor sad kid. . .I wish I could say it is better where I am, except I live near the Snoqualmie Reservation and that means cheap and easily accessible fireworks all around me.
ReplyDeleteHang in there, Dok!
I love to blow stuff up as much as the next person, but with the two week long explosions going off near our house, it's hard to want to. Until we get something to raise our bed up a bit more, we should try blocking it off so Dok doesn't get stuck again.
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