[NAGDU] going in to hospital soon

[Lisa Belville]

Hi, Steph.  If she has to go bad enough, she will.  I'm not sure what your 
dog care arrangements will be, i.e., boarding at a kennel or keeping your 
dog with a friend, but she will go if she has to bad enough.  When she does 
finally go, the person taking her out just needs to praise her up.  All 
three of my dogs have always been very aware of me and attentive to my needs 
to the point of exhibiting a bit of separation anxiety if they know I'm 
close but can't physically touch me.  But this only happens if they can see 
or hear me.  They have all settled down and behaved once I'm physically out 
of the picture.

I'm not sure what kind of procedure you're having, but I'd be careful about 
expecting hospital staff to take the dog out.  If you'll be conscious and 
able to physically care for the dog this might work depending on your room 
arrangement.  But if you're being sedated or can't physically move for 
whatever reason, you're better off having someone else do this for you, and 
not a hospital staff member you don't know.  I wouldn't even let a 
well-meaning volunteer do this unless I absolutely have no choice.  Also, 
the staff isn't legally responsible for your dog, so if something happens 
and you need to be transferred to ICU or have emergency surgery or something 
it would cause an unnecessary complication to have someone there

Just my thoughts on this.  Hope all goes well at the hospital.

Lisa Belville
missktlab1217 at frontier.com

Never make the same mistake twice. There are so many new ones, try a 
different one each day.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephanie via NAGDU" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
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Cc: "Stephanie" <naturelovingmom at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2016 7:22 PM
Subject: [NAGDU] going in to hospital soon


> Hi all,
>
> I will be going in to hospital at some point soon for about 3 to 5 days, 
> and am a bit worried how my dog will go with out me. She will not go out 
> for anyone but me, even for a walk. My trainer thinks she will if I'm not 
> there, but I'm looking for any tips people might have for me in this 
> situation.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Steph
>
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