Harrow. Today is Setterday and is now day 3 of my transitional period, having been implanted with Suprelorin to help with my hormonal issues.
This morning I woke up very very happy, so happy that the sun came out and smiled snuggly warm over us all day long. How great is that? As I was so happy, I noticed mummee sitting having a cup of coffee, so I got my most favourite toy and threw it at her "come on - play - play with me". "Oh" thought mummee, "when was the last time he was in such a happy mood that he wanted a game with me. His mind is usually on other things.... ie Daisy Mae".
Huh he is usually quite a pest, and spends a lot of time sniffing my rear end, and getting his nose bitten for poking it in places he shouldn't.
So off we went - into the day, quite early for our walkies. Mummee noticed that I was far more settled than I was yesterday. In fact, for most of yesterday I felt quite wired, and it took me a long time to relax enough to go to sleep, but today, I felt so refreshed and relaxed.
As we went to the fields we met a couple of dogs, and to be honest I couldn't be bothered with them. I was more interested in getting off my lead to have a good run. One of the other dogs was interested in us, whilst the other wasn't. He looked very anxious "oh no" his owner said, he's not anxious, he is very dominant and aggressive. Oh how humans misread us dogs. As she said this, he was turning his body away from us, and was avoiding eye contact at all costs. So mummee said "so his anxiety causes him to be aggressive then". "Oh yes, aggressive he is" the other human replied. A lot of dogs can be helped to feel much more relaxed around others, but this has to be handled by people who really know how to do this, and to try and find out the reasons why.
In my case, mummee knew my issues were caused by my hormones, and they were causing me to become more and more anxious and fretful. The main fear mummee had which made her have me implanted with Suprelorin, was that I was starting to become unwell through stress. I would only have to get wind of other dogs, and I would start putting my head down and pacing. When I saw them, I would freeze into a predatory position and stare at them with slit eyes, until mummee put my lead on, to stop me getting into trouble.
Once the other dogs had gone, I would pace up and down, pee and pee over the nearest tree, or gate post, putting my scent down as firmly as I could. It wasn't nice. I felt so insecure.
So back to today. Out we went into the fields. I ran and ran and ran, and played ball. I grabbed Tally's ball and ran off with it, so that she would have to chase after me. It was so funny I shouted "Aroooo rooooo rooo" with the ball in my mouth, and it came out all muffled and sounded funny. At least it made mummee laugh.
As we turned and went into the orchard, I spotted a lady jogging towards us, she had a Rottweiler which she put on a lead. Mummee called me, and instead of going into my predatory position with slit eyes, I ran straight back to mummee and sat in front on her, and she was so pleased with me. She gave me a treat. In fact she asked me to "watch" as the Rottie walked by..... the Rottie was stalking in a predatory manner.... he looked very uneasy and he looked at us with slit eyes.......... and he had balls...... I sat so relaxed but then looked at him and said "hey mate - you want to get your owner to have Suprelorin stuck in your shoulder too. Look how relaxed I am now.... I bet you have been beaten up by a few other entire males in your life too". I then noticed the Rottie stopping to pee up the nearest tree as it turned and scowled at us" Mummee thought "hmmmmm I wonder where I have seen all those looks and displays of behaviour before.
With that, we turned onto the canal towpath and headed towards home. We met some of our trusted friends along the way, and everyone was so happy, including me, because I didn't have to keep marking every stump, tree, post en route, and I didn't do any straining either. What's more...... on the way back I noticed mummee wasn't smelling too good, so I went and stood by her, and then walked next to her all the way back home. Mummee was then pleased because I was noticing her condition again, rather than becoming so upset and worried about myself. Yes, I am still alerting her that she needs to take more cortisol. She has a virus hanging around at the moment you see, and that makes her body demand the cortisol she doesn't produce naturally. That's another type of hormone!
Day 3 = happy day.
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