"ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com" (ita97)
10/24/2018 at 00:44 • Filed to: Doggos
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"ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com" (ita97)
10/24/2018 at 00:44 • Filed to: Doggos | 5
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On a night when the weather radar looks like this (and looked like that all day, which never really happens in Southern NM ), the doggos find ways to cope.
Shelby, assisted by anti-anxiety meds, made herself a nest on the spare bed while I oppo. Soft places to lay are very important to her. She seriously dislikes storms, and even light rain seems to bother her a bit more in this house because the sound of it hitting the skylights. The one thing that is better for her storm wise in the new house is that we tend to get a fraction of close lightening strikes the old house did. The old house was at the top of the neighborhood, that was entirely up on top of a mesa and right next door to a couple of big water tanks and a seriously tall radio tower. That neighborhood got seriously close lighting strikes constantly during monsoon season, with the towers being struck with some regularity.
This is actually a success, because without a half dose of her prescribed for inclement weather Trazo done she would be cowering in a closet or bathtub thinking her doggie world was ending.
I suppose this is also a preview to the latest addition of bedroomlopnik. I’ve completed the spare bedroom and hallway, which together with the other bedroomlopnik and bathroomlopnik means I’m about 1/3 of the way done updating the 1990 out of the house.
Ellie, as any proper head of household security should, cares not about things like weather. She is, however, annoyed that I pointed a camera in her general direction.
Future Heap Owner
> ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
10/24/2018 at 00:56 |
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What good doggies! I’m glad Shelby’s got a nice nest and seems to be pretty happy in there.
We ended up switching to Benadryl from Trazodone for our dog since after a dozen or so times using the Traz it seemed to stop calming her and just make her more anxious (but also stoned). The Benadryl makes her really chill.
Speaking of, I miss her. Two more nights until I see her again.
DipodomysDeserti
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10/24/2018 at 00:58 |
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It’s been a crazy wet Fall in the SW. I checked the weather on Saturday and there was no rain in sight, so I took the roof off the Jeep . Just missed a T-storm on Sunday, then got hammered today.
My pup was raised in Tucson, so he’s accustomed to epic storms.
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> Future Heap Owner
10/24/2018 at 01:15 |
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She got progressively worse about storms from simply not liking them we adopted her about a year old to a few years later an afternoon thunderstorm being the end of her doggie world that resulted in her literary worrying herself sick and having digestive issues for a day or two after. Trazodone changed her life, and it seems to work better for her with time. We had tried Benadryl first, and it didn’t seem to do anything for her.
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> DipodomysDeserti
10/24/2018 at 01:17 |
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It has, and there have been multiple days of steady rain for entire days here. That never happens in the SW. I really hope this keeps up and we get some snow out of it down here.
Shelby started out simply not liking storms when she was about a year old and progressing over a couple of years to moonsoon thunderstorms being the end of her world when they hit. The old neighborhood up on the Mesa really was spectacular for the number of close lightning strikes, and I think it spooked her progressively worse . Fireworks and gunshots were also dreaded for her , and there was a private shooting range about a mile away. She really didn’t like it if she was outside when folks starting shooting big-bore rifles.
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> ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
10/24/2018 at 08:36 |
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My dogs are annoyingly unbothered by it and dragged me out for walks in it. Now my house smells like wet dog.
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10/24/2018 at 09:06 |
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The German Shepherd would happily do that. Unfortunately for her, it wasn’t an option because it is nearly impossible to get out of the door with only one dog at my house. Shelby would insist on going at the sound of a leash, but then refuse to leave the front porch. Ellie had to settle for splashing and running around in the giant puddle in the backyard. They’re very much the doggie odd couple.
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> ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
10/24/2018 at 09:35 |
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My dogs are angered by thunder and lighting. They will attack thunder with a vengeance! No thunder will threaten them!