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11-01-2013, 07:00 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker | Anxiety or what? ????????? Hello! I have a yorkie girl nsme stella who is about a year and 9 months old. I am concerned about her because at times her behavior has been strange. She had always been an anxious dog but over the past couple of months she seems more anxious. And some strange behavior.... she started having accidents a couple of months sgo which is really unusual for her... so I took her to the vet and had a eurinalasys done to see if maybe she had an infection but the results came back that she was fine. She has since quit having accidents and hasnt had them for two months or so. And she is also not as active. She plays and everything but she also sleeps quite a bit. The main thing I am worried about is that she does this thing that almost looks like anxiety attack. It happens once or twice every so many months. Last week I left my dogs at my mom's house so that she could babysit them while I went to a graduation party. Well, soon after I left my mom said she flattened out on her belly and started shivering .And after a few minutes she was hastling.... and then it stopped. Then yesterday evening she all of a sudden started walking hunkered down and rubbing her side against things and laying on the ground and biting at her tail. I tried to distract her by giving her food and she ate it. Her appetite is really good. I just dont know what this is? I feel like the any vet I have taken her to thinks I am crazy. She has an appointment monday. Also her barking is out of this world.... you walk her outside and she barks like a mad Dog... she has also started charging at motorcycles and trucks (which scarez me to death). And she is the dominant girl and can be snippy with the cat in the evening but never to me or my husband or her yorkie sister Sony. Any ideas? I just wanna know if there is something underlying going on or is it anxiety. Which I know sometimes dogs have anxiety because of sn underlying health issue. |
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11-01-2013, 07:16 AM | #2 |
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| I would get a second vet opinion and be sure she doesn't have allergies, MVD/liver shunt or other medical conditions, pain, allergies, etc. Video her doing the odd things and keep a journal for a week on what she eats, drinks, sleep, play/exercise/training times and what her behaviors are and on a return vet visit, show the video and journal to the vet. Training at obedience and setting/actually consistently and lovingly reinforcing boundaries will totally change your dog's behavior and alleviates most anxieties as long as the dog's life is stable, healthy and in a loving home. It is work to train a dog but only about 5 mins. x 3 daily totalling about 15 mins. the first couple of months is needed and then you can stretch it out to a less frequent schedule but it must be kept up, refreshed. You can even train her not to bark! It's easy once a dog has learned discipline and how to control it's own impulses. Good daily exercise and enriching her life with the training, exercising, challenging games you think up to play with your dog such as searching out hidden treats with her around the house will help her health, happiness and satisfaction/fulfillment of her life will keep her focused on her busy life and not any anxieties or stresses as much. Dogs get bored with their often mundane, inactive house lives - especially intelligent and intuitive ones - and need good, strong but loving leadership by someone who knows how to engage a dog on its level and make it want to work for that leader to achieve a goal together - whether it's learning a trick or find that treat or taking a walk together. So many dogs misbehave and act out because their owners don't take the time to consistently train them and shape their dog into the pet they want. Great pet dogs rarely just happen. Other times dogs change their behavior and act out because of illness and without a voice and ability to tell us what is going on, only altered behavior is often all that we have to tell us and the vet that the dog is having medical problems or pain.
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11-01-2013, 09:11 AM | #3 | |
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11-01-2013, 10:09 AM | #4 |
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| I would have a vet check her over really good and do a big blood panel. Sounds like something is wrong more then anxiety.
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