WomanofScorn
November 4th, 2003, 07:11 PM
Ok, not quite sure where to begin. I guess at the begining lol.
Ok, my dog Twix. Yes he's male. No he's not nuetered. Yes I know he should be and that will help with some of the problem. I'm not sure how old he is as he is a stray, but when I took him to the vet in May the vet said he was about eight months so I assume his over a year by now.
My main problem at the moment is of course, him marking his territory in the house. As mentioned above, I know he needs to be nuetered and I'm going to look into that. But he also has a problem with anxiety. Atleast that is what I call it. He cannot stand to be away from humans. I could be at home, and have to use the bathroom and he will howl and bark until I get out of the bathroom. When my husband and I are in a room together without them for some alone time, when we emerge we find that he has both peed and crapped on the floor. This is even after he already did both outside.
Now he's not alone. He has my other dog, and a cat in the house so when we leave it's not as thought he's alone. Oreo was here first and so was the cat so that's all he's known. We both work so it's not like I can stay home with him so he'll feel better. Oh and he also has seizures which I partly blame for some of his behavior. I feel like somehow it may be stunting his mental growth maybe? I've talked to the vet about his seizures adn basically that can't be fixed. If i give him meds, it will damage his liver so I just as soon him have the seizures. Right after one occurs, he acts just fine. Plays and jumps around normally. But he does have them quite often. Several times a month and sometimes more than one in a week.
Don't get me wrong, I love my babies. Obviously you would have to, to still keep thing even though they have all these problems. That is another reason why I am hesitant to have him nuetered. If i have to leave him at the vet's I know it will cause problems with him mentally. I know this sounds dumb, but that is how I feel. I'm afraid it will bring on seizures if he is stressed too bad. I'm really not exaggerating, he just hates to be away from humans. I just don't know what to do anymore.
Told you it was long lol.
Ok, my dog Twix. Yes he's male. No he's not nuetered. Yes I know he should be and that will help with some of the problem. I'm not sure how old he is as he is a stray, but when I took him to the vet in May the vet said he was about eight months so I assume his over a year by now.
My main problem at the moment is of course, him marking his territory in the house. As mentioned above, I know he needs to be nuetered and I'm going to look into that. But he also has a problem with anxiety. Atleast that is what I call it. He cannot stand to be away from humans. I could be at home, and have to use the bathroom and he will howl and bark until I get out of the bathroom. When my husband and I are in a room together without them for some alone time, when we emerge we find that he has both peed and crapped on the floor. This is even after he already did both outside.
Now he's not alone. He has my other dog, and a cat in the house so when we leave it's not as thought he's alone. Oreo was here first and so was the cat so that's all he's known. We both work so it's not like I can stay home with him so he'll feel better. Oh and he also has seizures which I partly blame for some of his behavior. I feel like somehow it may be stunting his mental growth maybe? I've talked to the vet about his seizures adn basically that can't be fixed. If i give him meds, it will damage his liver so I just as soon him have the seizures. Right after one occurs, he acts just fine. Plays and jumps around normally. But he does have them quite often. Several times a month and sometimes more than one in a week.
Don't get me wrong, I love my babies. Obviously you would have to, to still keep thing even though they have all these problems. That is another reason why I am hesitant to have him nuetered. If i have to leave him at the vet's I know it will cause problems with him mentally. I know this sounds dumb, but that is how I feel. I'm afraid it will bring on seizures if he is stressed too bad. I'm really not exaggerating, he just hates to be away from humans. I just don't know what to do anymore.
Told you it was long lol.