Running scared
Whenever there's a thunderstorm, Jack seeks shelter under my futon. When there's a thunderstorm and I'm not home, he either makes a jailbreak from the yard and escapes (he's done that twice now) or lacerates his face trying to dig out under the fence. The pink on his nose is abrasions from Monday's attempt to pull a Steve McQueen.
When McQueen failed in the Great Escape, he always got sent back to his cell, bouncing his baseball against the wall. Jack's failures all end the same way: He comes inside, and runs straight to my room, squeezing himself under my futon. No baseball, but if I gave him bones I'm sure he'd throw those against the wall. He stays under the futon at night, even when I go to sleep and toss and turn inches above him ... but by 6 a.m. he's usually crawled up next to me.
There are more thunderstorms here than hot women with wedding bands, and that's saying a lot. The humidity builds and builds and then a storm comes crashing in, with another following a few days later. A third is often in the works, and then the humidity crashes and we have 75 degree days and the cycle starts anew.
posted by -Brook at 11:02 PM
7 Comments:
Brook.. there is a medication you could try short term with Jack, its called Clomicalm. Its expensive, but it is a good antianxiety medication. My dog, Sienna (wolfish weirdness), also hides under my futon as a matter of course. She has been very upset losing the other dogs and moving into an apartment with no yard, the clomicalm has helped her to adjust. Her total time on the drug will be 15 days. Cheers. g.
ps. I can get the drug at cost, would be 22.95 for 30 days worth for a dog Jack's size. Clinics charge a 40 dollar exam fee plus upwards of 50 for the drug. g.
pps. trim those emperor nails of his! Will help with the digging.
Grace, the bigger problem is Jack itching. Fleas seem to be permanent fashion accessories to him, in spite of me using Frontline once a month. Vet gave him a steroid shot a week and a half ago but he still wakes me up at night from his scratching (I've thrown him outside twice in the last two weeks because of that.) I feed him allergy pills once or twice a day and it helps, but I still can't figure out how to stop him from breaking out.
Good hearing from you by the way. See you soon, Holly!
aw, poor Jack. :(
I'll see you friday!!! you should stop by the lane county fair and visit me at my subway booth, yah.
on a random note: I find it amusing that it says "choose an identity" below. identity theft, anyone? XD
try to alternate between frontline and advantage, works better that way. I can get the clomicalm for you while you're here, if you'd like. Did you ever watch Spanglish?
No, I didn't.
Yeah if you could get that stuff it would be great. E-mail me with your cell number?...
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