How Time Flies !

Hard to believe that almost 2 months have elapsed since I last blogged ! But, O'Riley's behavior has been pretty consistent so nothing really new to report.

We had a very strong and unpredictable thunderstorm this afternoon........the temps have fallen 20 degrees in an hour ! Anyway, obviously no time to give meds...........O'R was nervous.....ears back, tail between legs, panting..........and he was glued to me.............I played dumb................"What thunder?" and calmly poured a glass of wine and went to the deck ( he chose not to join me) and read a magazine for 45 minutes while it thundered and lightened ........I neither saw nor heard O'Riley, but I think he was under the kitchen table...........so I think I need to work on "ME" ............rather than stressing out and canceling appointments I need to leave the house and believe that the whole house is his 'safe place' This is my next project..............." ME" :)

We are now going to try giving O'R the generic form of Clomicalm and see if that works as well.....sometimes it doesn't, but it is MUCH less expensive so my fingers are crossed that it will be successful...........Dr A told me that Target seems to have the best prices and she was right ! They are almost half the cost of Wegman's !!

Dr A's clinic has a wonderful kennel where dogs with medical needs are well cared for.........I was given a tour and was SO impressed with how clean and neat it is and the kennel manager was so
friendly and knowledgeable and obviously loves what he does ! I left O'R there for one night while we were on vacation (storms were predicted that night and I didn't want to have my neighbor who always 'sits' O'Riley to have to deal) and he was fine !!!!!!!!!!!!! It is such a relief to know I have that option when I need it !!

As much as I love summer, I am looking forward to fall and winter and no storms ! I am so pleased with the progress we have made, and I can't say enough about working with a Vet who understands canine behavior to the degree that Dr A does and so seamlessly combines drug therapy and behavior modification to improve my dog's (and my) quality of life to the degree that it has this summer !!!!!!!!!!