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Jewels
Nov 2, 2012 23:25:08 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2012 23:25:08 GMT -5
jewels, our standard poodle who HATES change, and is daddies girl, has been very stressed due to my husbands being home more than usual since he is changing truck companies. He will be home for the next 2 wks, at which time he will start his new job which will take him away for 3-6 wks at a time. Within 6 months, she will be living on the truck with him, which is what we want since when he leaves the home I have to deal with behavior issues. When daddy is home, she won't let the other animals near him. Not true aggression, just shows her teeth. She feels he needs to give her all of his attention. Now for the problem: My husband has been home for the last 4 days. We are still getting our special needs kitten used to the other animals, so we are rotating the animals in the living room, to give the kitten one-on-one time with EACH animal. Well that has even made her more jealous to the point of her having bloody loose stools. Jewels can not be out with the kitten if I have other animals out because she gets over excited than tries to pick up the kitten in her mouth or chase her around. It took her about 1 yr before she stopped acting like that with our other cats. For the next 2 days, I will have to stay in the bedroom with her, to keep her stress down so her intestines can heal. What can I give her that is natural, not for stress, but to help balance out her intestines?
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Jewels
Nov 3, 2012 9:58:31 GMT -5
Post by Sherry on Nov 3, 2012 9:58:31 GMT -5
Look into some probiotics to help balance her digestive issues. Possibly some slippery elm to coat and soothe her intestines. And using rescue remedy will help her stress also.
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Jewels
Nov 3, 2012 10:59:03 GMT -5
Post by Heather on Nov 3, 2012 10:59:03 GMT -5
One needs to deal with the stress to heal the bowels. One cannot treat a symptom without treating the cause. That's why treating ferrets is so difficult. This isn't any different. You wouldn't have the symptoms (IBD) without the catalyst (stress) Treat the stress and you will cure the symptom. It's become a vicious cycle...you have to stop one to cure the other. The irritated digestive system needs to be treated but the stress has to be treated allow the digestive system to heal. You cannot heal naturally without treating everything.....you will have to treat allopathically to do that (you may have to do that anyway to start healing) If it's too deep for Bach flower remedies and you need something that will work stronger and faster. You can use valarian root, skullcap or passionflower to ease the stress and slippery elm root powder to treat the IBD symptoms. None of these can be used long term but can be used as bandaid to get her through her acute phase. Dealing with her stress and anxiety should be looked at long term as a dog with this type of problem will eventually bite and as she's going to be a travelling companion this is really dangerous situation to put her in. Her travelling with your husband is only a bandaid and possibly a very dangerous one for her considering her mental state ciao
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Jewels
Nov 3, 2012 12:11:24 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2012 12:11:24 GMT -5
Sherry: just got back from store with some probiotics. She weighs 53 pounds. I got her the gummy bears since she hates pills (even ground and mixed in food). It says that children 2-3yrs get one gummie. Children 4 and up get 2-4 tummies a day. How many should I give her. I just gave her 1 and she loves them. We also Pickens up some homopathic stress drops made for dogs.
Heather: the stress is under control as long as I stay in the bedroom with her, which I am doing for the next couple of days. We have gone through this before with her and she can destress as long as i stay in the bedroom with her so she dosnt feel that she is compeating with me for daddys attention. this is just the first time there has been blood in the loose stools. when we first got our min poodle when he was 8 yrs. we went through the same thing for the first 6-8 months we had him, thats how i knew what it was. The reason for the stress in jewels is that she craves consistncy. With my husband normally only being home for 24 hrs a wk, she is mostly with me so we have a strict schedule. She knows her scedule. He comes home and feels that he needs to touch her the ENTIRE time he is home, and feels that she should be aloud to do what she wants, so when he leaves, she has trouble adjusting back to routine and to boundaries. With his new job, he wants to take her, which will take a lot of pressure off of me since im the one who has to deal with all the behaviors from her having to ajust from having rules to having no rules then back to having rules again, and will also show him the behaviors I have to deal with since he dosnt believe it unless he sees it. I feel this will be easier on jewels for one reason: he is not willing to become consistent with the rules that she follows when he is not here. I have told him that when she goes with him, he can make the rules for her to follow. It's not fare to her to have 2 different sets of rules to follow. That means that she will only be home for 3 days every 3-6 wks. I have told him that the ONLY rule that will not change is that she can't be on the couch since that is safety zone for our small animals. I know she will love being on the truck since she loves car rides.
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Jewels
Nov 3, 2012 12:27:02 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2012 12:27:02 GMT -5
What does Jewels get for excercise? Stress and cortisol levels in the bloodstream are best eliminated with regular excercise, like a 30 min daily walk. You will be surprised how well this works. Most people want a pill or supplement to deal with this, when stress can actually be caused by a sedentary lifestyle. Same with dogs. Try it and see the difference- in only 1 week your dog will change for the better, you will see reduction in behavioral issues as well. And excercise is FREE.
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Jewels
Nov 3, 2012 13:09:55 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2012 13:09:55 GMT -5
Susie: she gets plenty of excersize. She has ALWAYS had anxiety and separation anxiety. She is a low energy poodle. Poodles are prone to having separation anxiety/general anxiety. Out of our 3 poodles, 1 has no separation or general anxiety, 1 has very minor separation anxiety, ( used to be much worse. We got him when 8) and jewels who has major separation anxiety/jealous-ness towards not touching/being touched my husband the ENTIRE time he is home. Once I get her back into her routine, she has no problem. We have been to doctors and trainers and all involved feel that this is a case of when my husband comes home, he is not following her NORMAL, EVERYDAY routine, so she gets confused, frustrated and jealous. They have also recommended her to live on the truck with my husband since she is a daddy's girl. He couldn't take her before due to her size since he was a trainer and had a second person with him. Once he learns the ropes with this company, she will be living on the truck with him. Jake used to go with him since he is small, but due to his age, almost 12, start of heart problems, (not bad enough for meds yet), and no easy access to vet incase his heart gets worse, he can no longer go with him. He misses not having a dog on the truck with him.
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