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Post by ladyarya on Feb 2, 2006 5:21:06 GMT -5
Boo is eating the couch again.... but I'm not sure it's boredom. We're closing on our new house in a few weeks, so I'm starting to get things packed up. I've also been pretty stressed about the whole thing and I think the stress and the boxes is starting to affect Boo. He's become extra clingy lately and has started eating the couch again. I'm not really worried about the couch because it's getting replaced, but what can I do to calm him down about the whole thing? I tried taking him to the dog park more often, but I'm really running out of time to do that with all the appointments, paperwork, appraisals, inspections, etc. etc. I can get him to not eat the couch if I lock him in his cage, but if he's stressing because of all the things going on in the house, I was thinking it might not be wise to lock him up... might stress him more? I don't know. Someone mentioned something about a mat that had like little spikey things on it which would keep them off the couch... which might work... but hes not only eating the seats, he's also eating the bottom. I've tried keeping him in new toys to keep him interested and busy. I try to take as much time out as I can to have play sessions with him to tire him out and so he doesn't feel ignored... But the whole thing is still making him nuts. Should I be whipping out the rescue remedy? Locking him in his cage? Something else? Karma is used to moving with me, so she is completely fine with the whole thing. The only time Boo has ever gone from one house to another was when I took him home from the foster home where he was born... so this is all new to him. Thanks for any ideas
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Post by amyjo on Feb 2, 2006 10:48:56 GMT -5
If he has been properly introduced and accepting of the crate, that is where I would put him. I have had many rescues through my home in various states of confusion and upheaval. Only one wasn't calmer and more content in the crate.
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Post by Aussienot on Feb 5, 2006 2:48:59 GMT -5
It's an unpleasant truth that if you are bonded to your dogs, they pick up on your stress. If they don't know what is comming, their tiny little minds dream up all kind of responses to the situation to resolve their conflict, with bad implications from a human perspective, usually when you are least able to deal with it.
If he understood human, you could explain it. Since he can't, the crate is a solution you both will be happier with.
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