I'm afraid that Tequila's back is giving him probs again. Especially in this cold weather, and he does not like sweaters. I find him sometimes in the downward dog pose, stretching out his spine, and the look he gives me makes me see pain in his eyes. He seems to be handling it okay though, with special compensations. He no longer wants to climb the stairs up to the couch and bed. AND he sometimes is hesitant to walk down the steps, let alone jump off the couch or bed as Chloe does. Yet, some days I see him jumping up on the futon, as he did when Sandy was here. I watch him carefully and if he seems unusually hurting I do give him a low dose aspirin.
Some days I watch him 'trot' back to the house when I call them in, other days he races!! So it's not an 'all the time' pain. He's a lot like me, good on the warm, sunny days and not so good on the chilly, rainy ones and really not good when the fronts come through.. He does 'squeak' once in a while but it's nothing compared to the screaming he did last year when he was in major pain.. I could not handle that again as it broke my heart! Even Linda across the street heard him and it gave her shivvers. I pray that doesn't ever happen again.
My concerns about Chloe are different. I've known from the get go that she has major anxiety, especially during thunder storms. I discovered that she also has separation anxiety. When my sis was here and I left to visit my little princess, Chloe sat on Sandy's lap and shivvered the whole time.
One time I had taken them to the store with me and my friend Mel went out to see them. She came back and said that Chloe was shaking like a leaf.
I know that Chloe, like Renniew was in many ways, is like velcro to my hip. I love it at night, her warm butt backed up to my back, but I do not like the thought that she is upset when I have to leave her.. and I do leave a lot, daily in the summer.
I've ordered some medication that is supposed to help with the anxiety and if that doesn't work I will order the Essential Oils calming that did work for her in the past, but is expensive.
Every morning, after I go potty, we have a kissy face session on the bed. I tell them how much I love them and we thank Jesus for another day together. They are so happy to do it and those kisses help me through my day!! So much love I am blessed with. Every night when we go to bed I once again ask them if they had a good day? Tell them how much they make my day better and again thank Jesus for giving us a good day. Chloe, with her quick tongue, gives me kisses and Tequila gives me hugs. From the first he hugged me and it turns me into a puddle! Head butting my head.. and we both are saying 'awwwww'! I am so blessed. I just want them to know how much I love them and how much they mean to me!
Some days I watch him 'trot' back to the house when I call them in, other days he races!! So it's not an 'all the time' pain. He's a lot like me, good on the warm, sunny days and not so good on the chilly, rainy ones and really not good when the fronts come through.. He does 'squeak' once in a while but it's nothing compared to the screaming he did last year when he was in major pain.. I could not handle that again as it broke my heart! Even Linda across the street heard him and it gave her shivvers. I pray that doesn't ever happen again.
My concerns about Chloe are different. I've known from the get go that she has major anxiety, especially during thunder storms. I discovered that she also has separation anxiety. When my sis was here and I left to visit my little princess, Chloe sat on Sandy's lap and shivvered the whole time.
One time I had taken them to the store with me and my friend Mel went out to see them. She came back and said that Chloe was shaking like a leaf.
I know that Chloe, like Renniew was in many ways, is like velcro to my hip. I love it at night, her warm butt backed up to my back, but I do not like the thought that she is upset when I have to leave her.. and I do leave a lot, daily in the summer.
I've ordered some medication that is supposed to help with the anxiety and if that doesn't work I will order the Essential Oils calming that did work for her in the past, but is expensive.
Every morning, after I go potty, we have a kissy face session on the bed. I tell them how much I love them and we thank Jesus for another day together. They are so happy to do it and those kisses help me through my day!! So much love I am blessed with. Every night when we go to bed I once again ask them if they had a good day? Tell them how much they make my day better and again thank Jesus for giving us a good day. Chloe, with her quick tongue, gives me kisses and Tequila gives me hugs. From the first he hugged me and it turns me into a puddle! Head butting my head.. and we both are saying 'awwwww'! I am so blessed. I just want them to know how much I love them and how much they mean to me!