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Old July 1st 04, 03:34 PM
Tee
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I've adopted two Boxers to my sister, male & female, a year apart. The
female was grotesquely abused & neglected. She was so bad that its amazing
she's still alive. Mary was found at age 1, possibly even in the 10-11mo
range and while I won't go into specifics, it was not hard to prove that
she'd never received any training, socialization or attention that wasn't
negative. She'd also lived outside. Mary had the mentality & behaviors of
a 3-6mo puppy if that tells you anything. Now she's a 2yo who tends to act
like a 9mo. Intellect-wise, she's very smart, generally a fast learner and
twists herself into knots to please people (that's another reason we believe
the chewing is anxiety related because she knows its not an allowable
past-time and she hates to displease).

My BIL is in the Navy and has gone out to sea for 6 weeks. He went out for
3 months last year and this happened then as well. He'll be coming back
only to restock his ship before he leaves again for 6 months. Anyway, Mary
has been fine since he left 3 weeks ago. Suddenly she won't let my sister
out of her sight. Sis was out back mowing the lawn last weekend and the
dogs had a perfect view of her from the sliding glass doors in the kitchen.
She'd also given each one a pig's ear before going outside. She came back
in to find Mary gnawing on the desk. The other night she left the kitchen
to go into the garage for all of 5 minutes and came back to find Mary just
beginning to gnaw on the kitchen table. She says that, in thinking back,
Mary starting these anxiety destructive behaviors last year when BIL left as
well and they too didn't start for 3 weeks. Mary is now like a huge piece
of velcro that just won't unstick.

Anyone ever heard of a delayed anxiety reaction like this? Is it that its
just taken her this long to realize daddy isn't coming back so now she's
afraid mom will leave & not come back too? It just seems like a good chunk
of time to let pass before anxiety kicks in.

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Tara


 




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