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Separation Anxiety Solutions

separation anxiety solutions for dogs

Anyway, about the separation anxiety. I was gone into Raleigh for five or six hours one day and left Mason with my Mother. When I got back she told me that he ran from his favorite window where he can see everything to the door I would come through when I returned, over and over, back and forth. He would not eat anything she offered him, including special treats I had left that he usually loved. When I got back home, he would not leave my side, even went with me to the bathroom, waited for me outside the shower, watched me as I walked from my desk to the kitchen and back, and got into my lap as often as possible.

(If you missed last week, this is part two in a two part article series. Read part one here.)

I knew that I needed to take Mason to see our favorite vet, Dr. Potosky, to see if she had some separation anxiety solutions for us to try out.

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Coronavirus Haircuts – Before and After

dog that needs a haircut

First of all, my poor little Mason needed a haircut already when we went into quarantine in mid-March. I was amazed to find that Pet Smart was open for grooming around the middle of April, so I made an appointment for him  and then thinking about all the closeness involved – and the fact that I live with my 96-year-old mother, whom I am protecting – I postponed the appointment until predictions were a little less dire about the Coronavirus, with the result that by the time we went last week, this is what Mason looked like.

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Being Thankful During Coronavirus

thankful for flowers

First of all, since this is supposed to be a blog about my dog and it mostly is, I’ll tell you how thankful I am for little Mason.

During these long days of very little contact with other humans except my mother, who is wonderful, and I live with her, but I do miss other people, people outside my living environment, but anyway, I have my loyal, loving little dog, who lives for me and is right behind me everywhere I go. When the weather is nice, and it has been perfectly beautiful this week, he and I take long walks. Sometimes he gets tired and I carry him part of the way, so he’s my ten-pound weight to strengthen my  arms.

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When the Internet was first a thing…

modern internet can take us anywhere, man traveling on a bridge

 I was one of the last teachers in my public school to begin to use the computer for anything besides as an advanced typewriter. All of we English teachers were holdouts until we were told we had to check our email daily. So I learned, and over the years since then I have gained a minimum proficiency in dealing with this modern technology, but only recently has it dawned on me that the modern internet is the equivalent of a huge, endless library of information. If you jump to tell me that the internet is full of misinformation and trashy material no one civilized should see, I can remind you that there is printed material out there of the raunchy variety as well.

(This is Part II of a post I began last week. Read Part I here.)

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Mason is Four Years Old!

mason is 4 years old

My little doggy is no longer a baby, that’s for sure!

Four in dog years is supposedly 28 in human years, so I guess he’s an adult, but I’ve probably already told you a lot of the ways he has matured. 

Last week I was gone for eleven hours one day, which is a long time for a little almost ten-pound-pet to hold his tiny bladder, but he did. I didn’t plan to leave him that long and was concerned about his ability to hold it and hoped that he was make a mistake rather than be miserable.  I think probably he was asleep all day while I was gone though, which made it easier, because he held it, but still! I am proud of him. I’m going to tell you my favorite story that illustrates bathroom problems with small dogs. I knew before I got him of that problem because almost every person I talked to with a Yorkie or a Maltese or small Poodle told me that they are the most wonderful dogs in the world, even if they do pee all over the place.

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