[nagdu] A Little Concern With Chet

Margo and Arrow margo.downey at verizon.net
Mon May 18 20:04:56 UTC 2009


I think a lot of things can make a dog anxious as the dog gets older.  A lot 
of dogs, for example, become afraid of thunder or anxious about it when they 
were not anxious about it before.

Buddy, don't blame you for being concerned.  I think Tracy's idea of Rescue 
Remedy is a good one.

margo and Arrow
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 12:38 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] A Little Concern With Chet


> Hi Buddy.
> I have noticed that Echo has become more anxious as she gets older.
> Maybe you could try Rescue Remedy before long car rides?
> Or is it possible Chet is picking up on you not liking to go to the
> hospital?  I've been spending too much time around the hospital recently,
> and I like it less and less.  Happily, Ben is a Zen kind of guy who
> doesn't get upset by much, but perhaps Chet is more sensitive?  But
> perhaps you're like Ben, and not easily upset yourself.  Anyway, here's
> hoping things improve.
> Tracy
>
>> 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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