Rhiya has been on 40 mg of Fluoxetine 1/day for 2 weeks now. First i wan to say sorry for the lack of posting this past week, its been a busy one with work and family, and other life stresses. We have managed to practice obedience, the doggy hide and seek game, and targeting 5 out of the 7 past nights. she seems to like the hide and seek game. it works by me putting her in a sit/stay and walking slightly out of sight and saying "Rhiya come find me". she comes running. She gets so excited that she sometimes doesn't sit and stay like shes supposed to... so we put her back in her spot and make her follow through. she is getting the hang of things though. We need to get back to practicing learning our "door manners" routine though. Its a good thing for ALL our dogs to learn. when Same (or lab) had her knee surgery in may, we got out of the habit a bit.... So we will pick that up soon too. Anyone is welcome to stop by randomly and help us practice. Just remember to wait patiently until i can get the dogs to sit and stay in their designates spots... this might also include me opening the door and shutting it in your face because Rhiya has a really hard time keeping her butt in her spot. hahaha.
Anyways... back to Rhiya and how she is doing with the meds. the last day or two i have noticed her panting a lot less and she seems to be pacing a little less as well. We still haven't attempted walks yet because we are trying to to follow the CARE protocol that calls for a reprieve of her triggers that cause her to react. then after the reprieve time, we will slowly test her threshold which will be the distance at which a dog is seen by her with out her reacting. I'm thinking its gonna be from one end of the block to the other. hahaha. but she may prove me wrong.
the MAJOR thing i wanted to note was that tonight i was feeding all the dogs like i normally do. Dallas finishes first, Sam usually finishes second, and Rhiya third. usually after Sam finishes, Sam will head back to the bedroom to get comfy on the big king bed... and Rhiya will normally "herd" her very rushed-like back to the bedroom. Well tonight i saw Sam get up from eating her food and start to head back to the bedroom. Rhiya got up as well, but as soon as i said, "Rhiya, Eh! Eh! No!... Come!" she immediately turned to me and came and sat down. YAYAYAYAYAYAYA! i was such a proud mom!!! yes i know we still have a long... Long... LOOONG road ahead of us, but shes worth it and i know she's smart enough to learn proper manners.
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