We've had our Brody for about 2.5 weeks now. He's been through a lot. He was openning up each day. Then he had a fall. Actually, he jumped from my husbands arms. He landed rough, but was okay. It took several days, but he started trusting my husband again. He seems to have some personality quirks now though.
We did take him to the vet today to make sure nothing was wrong. The vet checked his eyes, tested his back and legs. She checked him for fleas and skin irritations. She couldn't find anything to suggest why he was behaving the way he was. Of course he didn't show any of his quirks while we were there. She did express his glands thinking that might be the problem. They were full, but nothing too bad. We were also given some meds for inflamation, just in case. We're to come back in if the behavior doesn't clear up in 24-48hrs.
I guess I'm looking for some assurance that he just needs time to get over his fall since the vet can't find anything wrong.
Ever since the fall, he's playing less often. He's sleeping more and actually walks to the bed in his pen instead of sitting with us like was doing. He does like to play, but only for short periods. When he does play, it's like nothing is wrong. Then he stops dead, sits down and looks at us. He might even start to growl, give a little bark and try to bite his butt.
We'd been trying to get him used to coming upstairs and hanging out with us on one of the beds. He used to check out the boundries and be a little nervous, but nothing big. Now he constantly circles and tries multiple places to get comfortable. It's almost frantic at times. He growls, barks and bites his butt. If I sit cross legged, he'll try to push his body sideways under one of my legs and try to bury his head. It was disturbing to see. Once back downstairs he'd be back to his happy go lucky self.
Now he's even doing it downstairs. He practically dug a hole to china in his bed today and tried to hide under his blanket. He alternated that with his growl, bark and scooting of his head in the bed. He even refused to go for his walk. He gets all excited when you tell him it's walk time. We'll get out there. He'll take a few steps and might pee. Then he sits down and refuses to move. I'll tell him "let's go" give a slight tug and we're good for a few more steps. He used to love his walks.
My husband says I'm over reacting. That maybe now that he's been here a bit that his real personality is coming through. Not the "oh my gosh I've got people to play with all the time now" mode. So he's calming down and making his own boundries now. Could he be right? The vet says she can't find anything physcially wrong with him. Could it be anxiety? Am I being silly worrying so much? Please tell me if I am. I'd be happy if that was the case. Then I could stop worrying and just enjoy our lil' boy.