not the best night ever
I have no idea what was up with Buddy last night, but he was not having a good night. He was whining a lot and whimpering and generally unhappy; Morgan took him out once, and then again, and then one more time because we couldn't figure out what else to do for him. We petted him and tried to soothe him but I don't know how well it worked. There was a party going on either next door or a couple houses down that he didn't like, but we still have no idea what was going on. I ended up giving him one of the calmative pills we have for him because he was acting really scared, and I thought it might help (it's just an herbal thing Mud Bay recommended for once in a while anxiety, especially at first). And of course all this was happening at like midnight and my alarm was set for five, so...I'm tired today.
Eventually he fell asleep, and when I woke up this morning to take him out he was curled up on the bed sleeping, so that was good, but...yeah, no idea what had him so freaked last night. He seemed fine this morning when I took him out for a brief walk around the block, and he inhaled his breakfast the way he always does; at least there's that.
I have noticed that sometimes even though his tail is wagging and he looks happy to see me or Morgan and be petted, he's still showing signs of anxiety, like really dilated pupils, and he keeps doing this thing with his mouth where he's not quite licking his lips. I don't know what's up with that, either, but we'll ask the trainer about it. (In the meantime, if any of you have suggestions I'm all ears.)
So, yeah. Not sure why our wonderful sweet boy is having problems, but I keep reminding myself that as long as he's eating and drinking and doing his business as usual, he'll probably be okay.
Meanwhile, Morgan and I are going to try and hit Home Depot on Monday to find a dog door and figure out how to get it installed. We're hoping once we do that and get Buddy to use it, things will get a bit easier at home, especially on days when he's alone from 6am - 1:30pm and he won't let the dog walker into the house still.
In non-Buddy news, I talked to my parents yesterday and they asked if I wanted them to get tickets to the 9/11 museum for when Morgan and I are there. I said sure, so we'll be doing that. No idea what else we'll be up to, but I kind of want to go shoe shopping as NJ has no sales tax on clothes and I need a new pair of walking shoes for fall. I also want to buy the awesome coat I found online but it's tres expensive and I don't know if I should look elsewhere. But it's kind of perfect for what I need, so...yeah. I'll think about it. (I would probably have to order it online, but I'm wondering if I order it to be shipped to NJ if they'd still collect sales tax.)
In house news, I need to collect a lot of things this weekend to send to our mortgage person's processor so we can move forward with the refinancing. Some of it is easy to get, some of it we have to find, like our 2012 taxes. Jay said it would take about a month from start to finish once we get his processor the docs, so hopefully by mid-October we'll have this all sorted and maybe some cash back.
Sigh. Still worried about Buddy. I'll check in with Morgan later this morning and hopefully he'll be okay.
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Eventually he fell asleep, and when I woke up this morning to take him out he was curled up on the bed sleeping, so that was good, but...yeah, no idea what had him so freaked last night. He seemed fine this morning when I took him out for a brief walk around the block, and he inhaled his breakfast the way he always does; at least there's that.
I have noticed that sometimes even though his tail is wagging and he looks happy to see me or Morgan and be petted, he's still showing signs of anxiety, like really dilated pupils, and he keeps doing this thing with his mouth where he's not quite licking his lips. I don't know what's up with that, either, but we'll ask the trainer about it. (In the meantime, if any of you have suggestions I'm all ears.)
So, yeah. Not sure why our wonderful sweet boy is having problems, but I keep reminding myself that as long as he's eating and drinking and doing his business as usual, he'll probably be okay.
Meanwhile, Morgan and I are going to try and hit Home Depot on Monday to find a dog door and figure out how to get it installed. We're hoping once we do that and get Buddy to use it, things will get a bit easier at home, especially on days when he's alone from 6am - 1:30pm and he won't let the dog walker into the house still.
In non-Buddy news, I talked to my parents yesterday and they asked if I wanted them to get tickets to the 9/11 museum for when Morgan and I are there. I said sure, so we'll be doing that. No idea what else we'll be up to, but I kind of want to go shoe shopping as NJ has no sales tax on clothes and I need a new pair of walking shoes for fall. I also want to buy the awesome coat I found online but it's tres expensive and I don't know if I should look elsewhere. But it's kind of perfect for what I need, so...yeah. I'll think about it. (I would probably have to order it online, but I'm wondering if I order it to be shipped to NJ if they'd still collect sales tax.)
In house news, I need to collect a lot of things this weekend to send to our mortgage person's processor so we can move forward with the refinancing. Some of it is easy to get, some of it we have to find, like our 2012 taxes. Jay said it would take about a month from start to finish once we get his processor the docs, so hopefully by mid-October we'll have this all sorted and maybe some cash back.
Sigh. Still worried about Buddy. I'll check in with Morgan later this morning and hopefully he'll be okay.
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