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Old April 16th 04, 08:07 PM
Suja
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Default Update:Behavioral or Physical?


Just for you, Jack.

Ran into Angel and her owner at the dog park yesterday. She was tearing
around as usual, and he said that her panic attacks had become
substantially worse, but over the last couple of days, appears to be
getting better. It seems that Adam burned some food in the oven once,
and since then, anyone approaching the oven or microwave would induce
panic attacks. So would people outside the door, stomping feet, knocks
on the door, etc. She would go out on their walks gladly, but as soon
as she realized they were headed home, would stop and refuse to move.
She was extremely nervous at home, pretty much waiting for the ceiling
to drop on her.

They took her to the vet, who gave her a clean bill of health. Gave
them some instructions on desensitizing her to noises, and told them
that a smart dog with confidence issues (which she probably is) could
benefit from something like Agility. So, they're looking into agility
classes in the area (YAY!). Over the last couple of days, they just
didn't use the oven or the microwave, and she was a whole lot better.

How many people guessed there was a 'But' attached to this one?

Yesterday evening, I got to see first hand what he meant by the panic
attack - Uncontrollable shivering, tucked tail, ears laid waay back, and
eyes as big as saucers. The dog park is surrounded by two fields, one
of which is shielded from view by a bunch of bushes. There were people
on the other side of the bushes, flying kites. Predictably enough, the
dogs who like chasing things that fly (Pan, Sundance [Sheltie] and
Precious [Pitbull]) were running along the fence, barking at the eeevil
flying thing. Angle also joined in. Then, the kite went down quickly,
making this wooshing noise. That did it. She kept trying to climb up
her dad, and barring that, anyone who had a free lap. Although
everyone's first instinct was to comfort her (and her dad had a really
hard time putting her down), we all steadfastly ignored her. He walked
off to the other end of the park, and she followed him, looking over her
shoulder the whole time. After walking around a little bit, she started
sniffing around a bit, and said hello briefly to a bunch of kids hanging
around outside the fence, all of which was actively encouraged. Since
Khan really likes her, we prompted her to play with him, and while her
heart wasn't really in it, she jumped up to Khan, eliciting the usual
'Go away, kid' grumblies from him, which prompted her to try even
harder. We eventually worked our way back to the end near the kites,
and while she was a little bit nervous, we were always able to redirect
her and get her to play with Khan. When they left, she was happily
trotting off with dad, and walked past the people flying the kite
without any problems.

IMO, her parents were coddling her too much, although they didn't
realize it at the time. I think they have a better idea of how to deal
with this now. We are all still perplexed by the sudden onset and
severity, but she'll probably be fine in the long run.

Suja

 




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