Hello All!
Its been a while! I was trying to catch up on all the posts and threads i missed yesterday!
Snow is doing well since i found a food that works for her. I give her carrots & fruit for treats and snaks lol i giver her some dog treats but i try to be mindful of whats in them (like minimal ingredients that i can identify) cuz she often catches the runs when i try new things lol
Shes doing better with commands, walking and listening in general. Shes a very good listening except when she not in the mood lol she is still really skiddish tho and it comes and goes in intensity. Even sudden movements or unexpected noises from me make her scare her. She still scared of other ppl and dogs. Im working on that more tho. Like yesterday i was doing a delivery and a bunch of kids wanted to pet her so i took her out and told them all to put their hands out so she could smell them and knelt down with her. She did good (for her) and didnt bark at any of them although she was clearly terrified even the kids noticed but they were sweet about it. I kept telling her it was okay and a couple times she tried to crawl in my lap lol but it was short too. I figure i just have to do things like that until she gets comfortable.
Shes super curious about others but then she runs from them lol
With other dogs its a total crap shoot. She seems like she really wants to meet them but then she kunges and barks at them when they get near. Shes made friends with several dogs in our neighborhood but they are all behind fences lol so ive decided i just have to get out there and keep introducing her to ppl and dogs. I wonder if she will always be so skiddish?
The mouth rash thing has gotten better she was itching so bad she kept breaking the skin but I started giving her these allergy aid tablets for skin & coat by well & good (pet co)which seemed to have reduced the itching enough for that to start healing up. We ran out this week but inwanted to see if they were really working and ive noticed that she is itching and licking quite a bit more. So i think i will go baxk to those. Ive also been giving her 2 benedryl daily.
I do have a question about insurance. I think someone mentioned it in a pist recently! So we have healthypaws and i pay $63/mo BUT it doesnt cover office visit fees, pre-existing (which they have determined her allergies and her stomach issues are) or any wellness. So basically only medications for new things and any emergency or surgery type things. After of course i meet the deductible. So i feel like its a waste of my $63 that i could probably just save for these issues. Any thoughts??
Also she seems to be more clingy than usual now and im pretry sure she has seoeration anxiety! Shes fine when i go to work (i put her in the kennel) but if i go somewhere else she cries and howls and rhen she will follow me around even wait outside the bathroom for me when im home. Last weekend we went to a sleepover party at a relatives house and she had to be in her cage. She was doing the most pitiful howling and crying!! We all felt bad for her but they have 2 big boy dogs and she did not have goid interactions with them at all so we had to keep them seperate. She eventually was fine or at least stopped crying lol but afterwards she would not leave my side. Shes the sweetest thing honestly. Not sure what i can do about this or if its normal?
Today we are gonna go to the beach and im hoping it will be a good time for her. She broke all of her retractable leashes (various levels of quality) so we just have the rope leash that is like 6ft maybe or less lol. I will say each time a leash broke we happened to be outside somewhere and she did really good with not running off!
Here some pics!
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Its been a while! I was trying to catch up on all the posts and threads i missed yesterday!
Snow is doing well since i found a food that works for her. I give her carrots & fruit for treats and snaks lol i giver her some dog treats but i try to be mindful of whats in them (like minimal ingredients that i can identify) cuz she often catches the runs when i try new things lol
Shes doing better with commands, walking and listening in general. Shes a very good listening except when she not in the mood lol she is still really skiddish tho and it comes and goes in intensity. Even sudden movements or unexpected noises from me make her scare her. She still scared of other ppl and dogs. Im working on that more tho. Like yesterday i was doing a delivery and a bunch of kids wanted to pet her so i took her out and told them all to put their hands out so she could smell them and knelt down with her. She did good (for her) and didnt bark at any of them although she was clearly terrified even the kids noticed but they were sweet about it. I kept telling her it was okay and a couple times she tried to crawl in my lap lol but it was short too. I figure i just have to do things like that until she gets comfortable.
Shes super curious about others but then she runs from them lol
With other dogs its a total crap shoot. She seems like she really wants to meet them but then she kunges and barks at them when they get near. Shes made friends with several dogs in our neighborhood but they are all behind fences lol so ive decided i just have to get out there and keep introducing her to ppl and dogs. I wonder if she will always be so skiddish?
The mouth rash thing has gotten better she was itching so bad she kept breaking the skin but I started giving her these allergy aid tablets for skin & coat by well & good (pet co)which seemed to have reduced the itching enough for that to start healing up. We ran out this week but inwanted to see if they were really working and ive noticed that she is itching and licking quite a bit more. So i think i will go baxk to those. Ive also been giving her 2 benedryl daily.
I do have a question about insurance. I think someone mentioned it in a pist recently! So we have healthypaws and i pay $63/mo BUT it doesnt cover office visit fees, pre-existing (which they have determined her allergies and her stomach issues are) or any wellness. So basically only medications for new things and any emergency or surgery type things. After of course i meet the deductible. So i feel like its a waste of my $63 that i could probably just save for these issues. Any thoughts??
Also she seems to be more clingy than usual now and im pretry sure she has seoeration anxiety! Shes fine when i go to work (i put her in the kennel) but if i go somewhere else she cries and howls and rhen she will follow me around even wait outside the bathroom for me when im home. Last weekend we went to a sleepover party at a relatives house and she had to be in her cage. She was doing the most pitiful howling and crying!! We all felt bad for her but they have 2 big boy dogs and she did not have goid interactions with them at all so we had to keep them seperate. She eventually was fine or at least stopped crying lol but afterwards she would not leave my side. Shes the sweetest thing honestly. Not sure what i can do about this or if its normal?
Today we are gonna go to the beach and im hoping it will be a good time for her. She broke all of her retractable leashes (various levels of quality) so we just have the rope leash that is like 6ft maybe or less lol. I will say each time a leash broke we happened to be outside somewhere and she did really good with not running off!
Here some pics!
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