I don't know if this is going to work.
My nights sleep amounted to about three or four hours.
Hers must have been about the same.
At midnight she seemed like she wanted to play.
Midnight is not my play time.
She loves my attention. (duh).
She does not lick me - not face, not hands - she nuzzles with her
nose. (using her nose, she wiggled it into my relaxed hand and moved
my fingers so that I would scratch her)
She does not jump up on me, but does lift her front paw to get my attention.
She has laid down on her side/back and allowed me to rub her chest and
tummy - which she seems to LOVE.
She seems a bit hyper at times and when I rub her tummy, I do it very
slowly, which seems to calm her.
She is not as ticklish as Sally - very little hind leg kicking when I
pet various parts.
Patty is a sweet dog.
But....
She has some issues.
1 - she cannot stand to be away from me.
If I leave her alone in the back yard for longer than five minutes,
she tries to get out.
I have seen her trying to climb over my low gate (to go where?)
2 - she is hot natured.
She pants like a freight train (steam).
All night.
I fixed a little fan for her in the dining room and she laid in front
of it for a few minutes off and on, but she preferred to sleep next to
my bed.
I turned on the ceiling fan for us, which, no doubt, helped a little.
3 - She has allergies.
Evidently, Patty is allergic to my carpet. (or something....)
She spent the night gnawing and scratching herself.
At first I thought it was left-over fleas but her fur is pure white
down to her pink and tan skin.
I have not seen a single flea on her.
When she is in the kitchen for a while or outside, she does not scratch as much.
It occurred to me this morning that Patty may be an "Inside" dog.
Sally was an outside dog from her third day with me as a puppy.
She liked being inside with me, but she was happy to play and sleep in
the backyard all day and night, hot, cold, rain, snow, whatever, with just visits inside at meal time.
This was changing (spending more time inside as she matured), but I
think she would have always preferred to be outside most of the time.
Patty is very well behaved inside.
She does not try to climb on the furniture/bed, she does not try to
play with my clothes, she has not wet or plopped in the house (yet).
More later.
2 comments:
I noticed she looked really clean and white when you posted that first picture of her. Perhaps she is allergic or sensitive to the shampoo they used on her at the shelter. OR she might be having a reaction to the anesthesia. Also, about her trying to get out...yes, she might have been an inside dog, but she's also probably been kept in a small pen lately and therefore not used to being in the "wide-open" of a back yard. I'm sure she will acclimate. Just give it some time. :o)
She is very clean and white.
Her fur seems to be not quite as thick as Sally's was.
My guess is she is allergic to my carpet.
But it could be just stress of the big change (even though she likes it here).
Or allergic to the flea medicine.
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