Brian and I were just commenting how we felt like when Kaiah first came to stay with us, we only felt like between her and Marley we had about 1 and 1/4 dogs. She was so scared and quiet that we barley knew she was here. Today I'm happy to report, we feel like we have 2 whole dogs! Yesterday we made GREAT progress. Kaiah's kennel is situated in our back hall way. All day I left the back door open so she could come and go from the house to the yard. She seemed to really appreciate it! She'd happily go outside, lay in the sun, sniff around, and then wander into her kennel for a nap. I think she's coming around to the idea of having some freedom.
Still no accidents! She went right outside this morning and did her things! We still have to carry her down the stairs off our deck. She will gladly climb up stairs, but is hesitant to go down. She goes in and out the back door with no problems. She follows Marley in and out of the house and is starting to follow us too! She joined us in the living room this morning and just sat next to Brian to be pet. She loves to be talked to in a real high "baby" voice. Her tail just wags like crazy and she tilts her head from side to side while we talk. She especially likes Brian and is happiest to be where he is.
She LOVES toys! We bought her some nice, light weight toys that she could squeak easily (yeah, the type Marley would have in shreds in 30 seconds if given the opportunity!) She's so gentle, that we figured they'd be perfect! She loved them! See the video below of Marley and Kaiah having a good time with their new toy. (See post above. Sorry, I'm new at this!)
I had to ask my vet friend last night is Marley was getting "portly." She said absolutely not (fluffy, yes but not over wieght!) Kaiah is really just that skinny....... I feel like I'm hurting her when I pet her because her bones are so obvious. But the good news is, she eats like a champ, so it will just be a matter of time.
She's does have set backs. Some noises scare her, like the big dogs barking next door, but all the cars, planes and trains (we live right in Madison) don't faze her. Household noises don't seem to bother her either. She still shakes and often we can't point a finger as to why. However, she recovers much more quickly and it usually only lasts maybe a minute.
We'll see how she does adjusting to a whole week of our normal work schedule.
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I have a 7 year old female beardie and although she has had a loving environment and good socialization from Day 1, she shakes from time to time. Whenever she senses some disturbance coming in the weather or hears a noise (never of which my husband or any human can detect), she gets very skiddish, shakes and either goes to the basement or our closed in glass shower stall. When still a puppy, her breeder said that she could detect that she was "highly sensitive" and that we needed to be aware of it. So it's quite possible that your Kaiah just may be a highly sensitive dog like mine.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting! I'm just about to post about her reaction to the storm last night. It's nice to get a gauge of what may be just part of her personality and what may be a product of her environment.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for your comments.