A little background...
Ghost is a relatively new addition to our furmily as of August.
He is a shelter rescue via some friends. Our friends usually adopt poodles because the lady is allergic to terriers. They brought Ghost home, as he looks like a Poodle-Bischon mix. However, there must be some terrier in there, because our friend started reacting. They didn't want to take him back to the shelter, as he had already been through the system twice. Taking him back would have been a third strike on him. So we agreed to take him in.
Ghost is guesstimated at 8 years old. Super sweet, playful, good with the cats... maybe because he's also half blind with cataracts.
Thing is, he is sooooooooo needy!
If he does not sense the presence of a person in the house, he will bark, whine, and howl up a storm.
He has especially attached himself to me. If I move, go upstairs, to the kitchen, to the bathroom... wherever, he is instantly out of his bed and following me underfoot. And it is literally under my feet, because remember, he's half blind. I swear this dog is gonna kill me. I told my husband, "Honey, if you find me on the floor of the kitchen with a knife in my eye, the dog did it."
I completely understand where his anxiety stems from. Being through the shelter system had to have been traumatic. Also, by his behavior, we suspect that he was an only dog for a while, and spoiled rotten. He is getting better with some commands, but he still exhibits a bit of jealousy with the cats, and bouncy-jumps like Pooh's friend, Tigger, when it comes to meal times.
We are working on his anxiety and boundaries. I just hope I live through the process, because it's sloooooow going.
Are there human sized "companion animal" vests? Because I've apparently become one.
Ghost is a relatively new addition to our furmily as of August.
He is a shelter rescue via some friends. Our friends usually adopt poodles because the lady is allergic to terriers. They brought Ghost home, as he looks like a Poodle-Bischon mix. However, there must be some terrier in there, because our friend started reacting. They didn't want to take him back to the shelter, as he had already been through the system twice. Taking him back would have been a third strike on him. So we agreed to take him in.
Ghost is guesstimated at 8 years old. Super sweet, playful, good with the cats... maybe because he's also half blind with cataracts.
Thing is, he is sooooooooo needy!
If he does not sense the presence of a person in the house, he will bark, whine, and howl up a storm.
He has especially attached himself to me. If I move, go upstairs, to the kitchen, to the bathroom... wherever, he is instantly out of his bed and following me underfoot. And it is literally under my feet, because remember, he's half blind. I swear this dog is gonna kill me. I told my husband, "Honey, if you find me on the floor of the kitchen with a knife in my eye, the dog did it."
I completely understand where his anxiety stems from. Being through the shelter system had to have been traumatic. Also, by his behavior, we suspect that he was an only dog for a while, and spoiled rotten. He is getting better with some commands, but he still exhibits a bit of jealousy with the cats, and bouncy-jumps like Pooh's friend, Tigger, when it comes to meal times.
We are working on his anxiety and boundaries. I just hope I live through the process, because it's sloooooow going.
Are there human sized "companion animal" vests? Because I've apparently become one.