Especially you, Buglady.
I did as you suggested; I sat down with him and talked to
him about the move, (I don't mind telling you I felt more
than just a bit silly.) I made sure the two of us were alone.


I took him in the bedroom and shut the door with just the two
of us and talked to him about the whole move and whatever else
was going to happen.
Since then, he's eaten 3 more meals unassisted and I also
put his food in a plastic bowl instead of the metal one.
I felt the metal one would be a bit harder on his teeth
than a plastic one. ( Of couse, it's my best platic tupperware
bowl with the burping lid,so now I need to get another one.)

BG!

Thanks for the canned food suggestions, you too Sharon, Matt,
Sally, Deb and everyone else who participated in this thread.
I'm going to get some canned to take with us in case it
happens again as well as get some for him now.
I'll be trying to stay as close to his normal food as
possible.
Sure is grand to see him eating again!
Whew!
Thanks all!

Terri
and Luke, happy camper-dog again!

"dogsnus" wrote in message
...
I sat down with him and talked to
him about the move, (I don't mind telling you I felt more
than just a bit silly.) I made sure the two of us were alone.

...........Don't worry, as you continue to talk to him as if he understood
every word, you'll feel less silly! Cripes, you're a true dog person, a
good chunk of the human population already thinks you've lost the handle on
your suitcase! And didn't you really think that he understands what you
say anyway?

I took him in the bedroom and shut the door with just the two
of us and talked to him about the whole move and whatever else
was going to happen.

.......And I'll bet he paid attention to every word!

Since then, he's eaten 3 more meals unassisted

.......Good for him! Now that he's not worried any more, he probably doesn't
hurt so much. And now that you know he is someone you can actually have a
conversation with, you'll have to count him in on the discussions bg

buglady
take out the dog before replying

"dogsnus" wrote in message
...
I sat down with him and talked to
him about the move, (I don't mind telling you I felt more
than just a bit silly.) I made sure the two of us were alone.

...........Don't worry, as you continue to talk to him as if he understood
every word, you'll feel less silly! Cripes, you're a true dog person, a
good chunk of the human population already thinks you've lost the handle on
your suitcase! And didn't you really think that he understands what you
say anyway?

I took him in the bedroom and shut the door with just the two
of us and talked to him about the whole move and whatever else
was going to happen.

.......And I'll bet he paid attention to every word!

Since then, he's eaten 3 more meals unassisted

.......Good for him! Now that he's not worried any more, he probably doesn't
hurt so much. And now that you know he is someone you can actually have a
conversation with, you'll have to count him in on the discussions bg

buglady
take out the dog before replying

"dogsnus" wrote in message
...
Especially you, Buglady.
I did as you suggested; I sat down with him and talked to
him about the move, (I don't mind telling you I felt more
than just a bit silly.) I made sure the two of us were alone.

I must be mad too, and the rest of my family come to that. We all talk to
the dogs as if they understand everything we are saying, they really do give
the impression they know what we are saying, or perhaps they just like the 1
to 1 attention. Even when I'm out walking I talk to the dogs, maybe I look a
bit mad...lol Who cares?

Glad your dog is eating again.

Shell

"dogsnus" wrote in message
...
Especially you, Buglady.
I did as you suggested; I sat down with him and talked to
him about the move, (I don't mind telling you I felt more
than just a bit silly.) I made sure the two of us were alone.

I must be mad too, and the rest of my family come to that. We all talk to
the dogs as if they understand everything we are saying, they really do give
the impression they know what we are saying, or perhaps they just like the 1
to 1 attention. Even when I'm out walking I talk to the dogs, maybe I look a
bit mad...lol Who cares?

Glad your dog is eating again.

Shell

dogsnus said in rec.pets.dogs.health:

I did as you suggested; I sat down with him and talked to
him about the move, (I don't mind telling you I felt more
than just a bit silly.) I made sure the two of us were alone.

That's great news, Terri!

I've always talked to my dogs, but never had a *serious* one-on-
one until just before Murphy died. Congratulations!

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

dogsnus said in rec.pets.dogs.health:

I did as you suggested; I sat down with him and talked to
him about the move, (I don't mind telling you I felt more
than just a bit silly.) I made sure the two of us were alone.

That's great news, Terri!

I've always talked to my dogs, but never had a *serious* one-on-
one until just before Murphy died. Congratulations!

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

Since then, he's eaten 3 more meals unassisted

Awesome, great to hear it.

Don't be self concsious about talking to him. At our practice every single
person seems to have extended conversations with the medical cases and
boarders. We talk very calmly with the pets that have procedures done and
even tell them what we're doing. During recovery from anesthesia we give
them encouraging words as well. I frequently will walk out back to the
kennel rooms and find one of the staff members half inside a kennel talking
away. In the exam room the vet (my husband) always greets the pet at their
level, hugs them and looks them in the eye giving them some good words.

Until this thread I never really realized how much we do this and how much
difference it really makes. Keep it up.

-Sharon

Since then, he's eaten 3 more meals unassisted

Awesome, great to hear it.

Don't be self concsious about talking to him. At our practice every single
person seems to have extended conversations with the medical cases and
boarders. We talk very calmly with the pets that have procedures done and
even tell them what we're doing. During recovery from anesthesia we give
them encouraging words as well. I frequently will walk out back to the
kennel rooms and find one of the staff members half inside a kennel talking
away. In the exam room the vet (my husband) always greets the pet at their
level, hugs them and looks them in the eye giving them some good words.

Until this thread I never really realized how much we do this and how much
difference it really makes. Keep it up.

-Sharon

Subject: Luke's eating again! Thanks to all!
From: dogsnus
Date: 8/10/03 12:20 PM Pacific

Fabulous news! Bon appetit, Luke!


Deb
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