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Location: East Yorkshire
Joined: May 2006
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Hiya,
Thanks for the input again, arent dogs funny lol
Hannah - Thx for your experience and advice. Unfortunately I am finding Missy is not a fond lover of bribary. She is definately stubborn and will bite her nose off to spite her face so to speak lol. I am going to have to find a particular piece of food which she loves and cannot resist because no matter what I am using now she wont even come out of the living room!!! Its maybe the tone in my voice, you know because I know I am "bribing" her my tone probably tells her that too. All we actually do now is pick her up and put her in the crate. She doesnt cry when we do this just kind of freezes lol...she goes all stiff and makes it as hard as possible for me to move her (bugg** lol). Once in the crate she lets out whines and is definately not impressed with me for putting her in there but I think she is coming to terms with it now. Like it or not, that is where she sleeps so she is maybe fed up of the sleepless nights. Thanks again for posting
Update :
Unfortunately tonight (Wednesday) is a bad example of how quiet she is being. She was speyed at the vets today and is obviousley not in the best of health poor Missy
It was part of the agreement with the rescue kennels to get her speyed so they arranged it for today. She is fine thank god, I just hate seeing animals like this
Its ok for us humans, we know whats going on if we have anesthetic!! We kept her bed in the living room from picking her up at 6pm, and I have just put her in the crate at 12pm. Not even a sound from her, but like I said this is understanding however I am pleased that she is prepared to stay by herself when she is feeling under the weather, atleast it shows abit of independence.
She was sick when she got home but that was our fault really
Well she must have been so thirsty because we couldnt let her drink or eat from 7pm lastnight but she didnt have her operation until about 2pm today
Anyway, as soon as we got home from the vets she sat at the back door for "wee wee" (Shes a fast learner), we let her out and turned away, looked back and she is slurping water from a puddle in the back garden (it was raining heavy)
We got her in and hoped for the best but about 5 minutes later the puddle was in our living room
Since then though she has been sipping water and she is fine now
A quick update on lastnight, another fantastic night
She cried for about 10 minutess lastnight and not another sound after that, even when I went to bed:0 It looks like persevering with it has paid off. Like I said, she isnt keen on it but then I wouldnt expect her to be. When she is in the crate she is away from us so thats pretty much self explanatory. I suppose I am pleased she is settling in and its thanks to all the posters on here who helped me out and encouraged me. Sleepless nights arent good for anyone, dogs nor owners and I just hope we are passed the worse.
I will keep you update over the coming few nights. I have a feeling that within a few months we will have to fight to get her out of her crate (touch wood)
Thanks again all