Suprelorin Day 12


Aroooooooooo roooo rooooooooooooo
                                              

I don't mind having my picture taken, but come on mum, get on with it,  you are boring me!!!!!




Today is another very happy day for me.  I can't believe this. I am just feeling so good., and it's only day 12 of what they say is the 6 week settling in period.

We went for our daily walkies today, and there was no excessive marking, and none of the awful straining I was doing, using my anal glands to add further scent to places.

Whilst all that horrible stuff was going on, I had stopped playing, and had become such an anxious and stressed dog. The excessive production of testosterone was really getting to the point where I was feeling unwell.  My whole existence consisted of having to mark my presence, watch out for other male dogs, watch out for females. checking everyone and everything out. It was a very hard life.

Mummee is very aware that humans don't, by far, understand the full workings of hormones, and how they control behaviour and general well being. We have a general idea, but more and more is being learned, almost on a daily basis with all the research which is going on.  One thing mummee is aware of is that hormones are a part of the bodies ecosystem, and one thing very much depends upon another for healthy function, therefore if one area is over producing, or not working properly, something else is going to be affected, until eventually the entire system starts to to wobble around, or even collapse like a pack of cards.  Mummee isn't convinced, considering my breed that there isn't something else going on within my endocrine system (the hormonal system) which hasn't caused me to over produce testosterone.  This is something which she will investigate in time, especially as there is another glitch in my system.  My pancreas, which means that I don't absorb my grub unless she adds digestive enzymes to each meal! Even then, I don't absorb as effectively as I should. The feedback loop between this particular fault, and the remainder of my body could be the root cause of the problem!  Therefore, my hormonal imbalance is a mere symptom of a greater problem.  This is what diseases of any kind are usually trying to tell us!

The thing which I am finding from my own perspective is that having testosterone blocked has completely altered my motivation, from an obsession with seeking out girlfriends, beating up other dogs whom I find a threat to my security, to living life to the full, playing, running, noticing birds, sniffing for squirrels, foxes, food and other interesting things.  I also think having a game of ball is part of the fun now, and I am coming to expect at least one good ball game on each walk.  Mummee is far more interesting to be around, and so are the girls. 

We know some people are very anti neutering. But surelyt sometimes there must be a need for it? especially when things have reached the point where all the fun has gone out of life?

Mummee is often asked by people if it's right their dogs should be neutered.  Her answer is "if it ain't broke then don't fix it".  However, in my case, something had clearly gone awry. and when that' something' is spoiling the quality of my life, then surely it is time to consider neutering, or even alternatives, just to see what the potential outcome is, ie Suprelorin. If the problem does stem from the fact that I don't absorb my grub to the extent that my system is firing on all cylinders, then the argument is that the problem should be addressed for that angle and not from neutering, which is just treating the symptom.  However,  at this point in time, either not enough is known about the full workings of enzymes (as like hormones, there are many of them), or there are just no products currently available which replace everything which my faulty pancreas fails to produce.  So where does that leave me?

Another change which is occurring from Suprelorin is that I am more able to respond to mummee when she asks something of me. Whereas before it would be "just a minute, I really need to invstigate and pee on this first" I now just do what she asks, which goes to show how hormones can block every day obedience responses.

Here mummee asked us to "wait" in an area where we usually look for rabbits.....

We had to wait as the horses wanted to pass by. Mummee didn't want our running around to startle and scare them.  Horses are a different species you see, and many could think that we are out to get them when we run about and get very nervous.



Here mummee told us to wait again, because the horses were coming again, but in the opposite direction this time, so we guess they were on their way home.

and here we are, on our way home again too. 

Oh how I am enjoying life these past few days. 

It's amazing. 

Barkley