"smobgirl" (smobgirl)
06/24/2018 at 22:50 • Filed to: None
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"smobgirl" (smobgirl)
06/24/2018 at 22:50 • Filed to: None | 1
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The dog is terrified of thunderstorms and f ireworks, so she keeps pacing and whining, peeing everywhere, and clumping up and down the stairs. (Silver lining, her anxiety has prompted her to learn the stairs on three legs without help).
A cat I’ve had for ten years is having liver issues, so we now have stressful medication sessions on top of him also peeing everywhere.
In cuter news, the feral cat I kidnapped in December with terrible leg injuries is gigantic and snuggly and totally ok with the dog.
RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
> smobgirl
06/24/2018 at 23:11 |
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Yay for feral kitties! Our cat was a feral kitten we tamed...that was 2 years ago...has it been that long already? :)
sn4cktimes
> smobgirl
06/24/2018 at 23:27 |
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I think I recall your post about saving that kitty. It did get big; big and floofy.
Most dogs I’ve known that are scared of loud bangs tend to be scared of them their whole lives.
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smobgirl
> sn4cktimes
06/24/2018 at 23:40 |
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I hope they stop blowing shit up in the next hour or so because we could use some sleep! And yes...kitty needs a diet (or probably more exercise).
Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> smobgirl
06/25/2018 at 00:10 |
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My dog has some confidence issues, and may or may not sometimes piss herself if she sees a broom -- but inexplicably, she has zero problems with fireworks
ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
> smobgirl
06/25/2018 at 00:10 |
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Have you talked to your vet about medication for the pooch? My lab/pitbull mix is also terrified of thunderstorms and fireworks. She didn’t like them when she was younger, but her anxiety got progressively worse over time. The 4th of July is her least favorite day of the year.
The vet prescribed Trazodone for her, which we give on an as needed basis when it storms up or around the fourth of July. Trazodone is an anti-depressant in humans, but it apparently works an an anti-anxiety drug in dogs without being a sedative. We actually only give her half of a dose at a time when it looks like it might storm up in the afternoon, and it does the trick. On the 4th, she’ll get half a dose at a time throughout the day. She still doesn’t like fireworks or thunderstorms on it, but it moderates her anxiety to the point that these events aren’t the end of her doggy world. It avoids destructive behaviors from trying to find a safer place to hide in the house and then accidents from both ends over the next day or two from literally worrying herself sick. The prescription doesn’t cost much, and we refill it maybe twice a year. It has changed her life for the better.
Shelby is waiting for me to get off Oppo and go to bed.
Ellie is scared of absolutely nothing, but she gets offended when you point a camera in her general direction.
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smobgirl
> ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
06/25/2018 at 00:23 |
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I do have trazadone and I give it to her on predictably bad days. Unfortunately I live in a neighborhood of assholes and we can have fireworks (which are totally illegal) any time of day, any day of the year. June-July it’s daily, so I’m trying to drug her only when she’s really lost it, but I wish she would be content to hide in her crate or under a blanket or something :(
I love the hide from the camera face on Ellie! I have a cat that does that too.
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sn4cktimes
> smobgirl
06/25/2018 at 00:44 |
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My cat always looks super sleek in the summer, but by the end of winter she looks much bigger. Her weight never changes. Just the length of fur- fluffiness, e specially around her neck and tail.
Rico
> ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
06/25/2018 at 00:44 |
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Thanks for this tidbit about trazadone for dogs, mine is extremely anxious during the week of the 4th.
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Rico
> smobgirl
06/25/2018 at 00:45 |
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Same on my end. Once it happened during the day while walking in the park. Poor guy practically dragged me home.
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smobgirl
> sn4cktimes
06/25/2018 at 01:00 |
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Piggy feels like she’s made of lead (and I cringe every time she jumps off the furniture onto my wood floors). I mean feral cats learn to preserve energy, right? Or something?
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smobgirl
> Rico
06/25/2018 at 01:01 |
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Oh yeah, we’ve done that! For f ireworks, roofers, a backfire, and a trailer hitting a pothole. Sigh.
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ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
> smobgirl
06/25/2018 at 02:10 |
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Fortunately , Shelby is content to hide in an closet (or the bathtub in the hall bathroom of the new house seems to be here safe spot). She seems to instinctively go to the part of the house one is supposed to take shelter in during a Tornado (not that we have those here). Trazodone for her is the difference between being unhappy in her safe spot, and trying to dig through a wall to get to a safer spot and being sick the next day or two.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> smobgirl
06/25/2018 at 06:53 |
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keep trying to reassure the dog when loonies are letting fireworks go.
KevlarRx7
> smobgirl
06/25/2018 at 07:14 |
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I always find taking a pup out hunting gives them more confidence around fireworks due to being used to gun shots. My rottweiler doesn't bat a eyelid at any loud bangs ect.
I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
> smobgirl
06/25/2018 at 11:17 |
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I’d also give something like thundershirt a try. It worked well for a friend’s dog who has major anxiety issues.
Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> smobgirl
07/05/2018 at 12:33 |
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My wife gives her big lout of a dog benadryl. Not sure it does much good. Last night there were so many fireworks because FOJ that it sounded like a war zone, but the dog didn’t get as freaked as last year.