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Suddenly Spooked
Gree Gree is spooked. We have houseguests for the week, a first for her. She
likes them, but she isn't used to sounds of other people coming from strange rooms. And the man whistles a lot. We don't whistle. They have lab, who she also likes. But the biggest problem is that Mr. Guest and Hubby just re-screened *her* porch - she was born here and her litter lived on that porch from about 4 weeks old, and she still sleeps there. In other words, she's lived on that porch all her life (all 8 months of it!) and now it's different. It had plastic screen, then none, and now it's metal screen. I'm sure it sounds different in there to her. I was at work when they did it, but I'm guessing they didn't notice she was spooking to the staple gun or hammering/sawing going on. So she was out in the yard when I got home and acted like a frightened colt when I tried to coax her onto the porch. She will come in the porch now (she'll do anything for treats!), she's just super vigilant, alert to every sound, ears back. Same in the house. Glomms onto Steve's lap or mine. She loves to play with Boogie, and she'll follow him around, even on the porch, but she still has that edginess. I clicked erect ears (confident pose) with yummy treats last night and that helped, and I've been flinging handfuls of kibble on the floor of the porch and she eagerly snuffles around for them. We had a thunderstorm last night, and I made sure thunder was not causing the spookiness - she was uneasy, but it didn't seem to correlate to the storm - I had her doing tricks and eating treats during the worst of it. So anyway, we're doing O.K.,and everyone is under threat of death to coddle her when she's acting goofy, and we praise and treat her when she forgets and is acting normal. And it's pretty much "open bar" on the porch. But in case any of you has a gem of wisdom to add for damage control here, it would be GREATLY appreciated!! Susan Fraser, owned and trained by BeBop a Lu SheBop SH, Shamma Lamma Ding Dong MH, Semper Choo Choo Ch'Boogie, and Gris Gris Gumbo Ya Ya http://mypeoplepc.com/members/chinchuba/AuH2OK9s/ |
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