[nagdu] A Little Concern With Chet

[Elizabeth Campbell]

 Buddy,

I'm sorry you are having some concerns with Chet.

Having seen my dog Bates age, I've noticed some changes in his  behavior. 
For instance, when I first got him, Bates wasnt' afraid of storms, but I 
noticed that about a year before I retired him, when he was about nine, 
Bates started trembling whenever we got thunder and heavy rain.
I can't think of what could have happened to bring on that fear. However, my 
vet told me that sometimes when ddogs get older, fears manefest 
themselves,and we don't know why.

Good luck with Chet.


Liz and new Seeing Eye dog Gabe
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From: "Buddy Brannan" <buddy at brannan.name>
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Subject: [nagdu] A Little Concern With Chet


> Howdy,
>
> So, as if life isn't interesting enough around here, right?
>
> I'm getting a little concerned about something with Chet. Certainly  it's 
> something to keep an eye on, especially now that Chet's getting  well on 
> into middle age. (He just turned eight in February.)
>
> Over the past little while, I guess I started noticing at Alena's 
> hospital trip, Chet has shown a bit of anxiety during long car rides.  Not 
> so sure about the short ones, could be those as well, but very  evident 
> during the long ones. He doesn't want to lie down for them;  when he does 
> lie down, he sits back up, sometimes even stands and  turns around and 
> would probably pace if he had the room. Well, he did  have the room, in 
> the limo on the way to and from our plane to Disney,  and he did. He was, 
> in other words, very restless. Of course, he also  still doesn't like 
> hospitals; when we went for a test Melanie needed,  he urinated in the 
> admissions office, even though he'd been out  something like a couple 
> hours before. It could be that he associates  long rides with going to the 
> hospital, I don't know. One thing i *do*  know is that we'll be needing to 
> make more trips like that in the  coming months, as Melanie needs several 
> surgeries.
>
> Otherwise, his work is still fine, and he still jumps up ready to go  when 
> asked. (Also, he gets very bent out of shape if for some reason I  go 
> somewhere without him.)
>
>
> Anyone ever deal with something like this?
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