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Thanks for reading, Jerri. I was quite impressed with Pam's and Nina's story and am happy to share it here. -- posted by Joy Butler » writewords - Re: I'm glad there In response to I'm glad there posted by jerrib:
This dog allows our grandkids to wrestle her, is always in the mood for a romp in the yard and still greets me when I come home from work like I've been gone for days, LOL. My parrots practically walk over her to get to something they want, and her only concern is to get out of their way.... she is very gentle, she was just afraid of being alone. I think too many people are tempted to give up too soon... or try a shotgun approach to behavior issues. They try too many new things before the last "thing" had time to take hold.... if we think of our own behaviors and habits, they aren't broken overnight.... and neither are our pets. I'm glad you enjoyed her story... she's a one-of-kind friend. Pam -- posted by writewords » Red - delightful story... Joy & Pam,What a delightful story. Pam, I'm so glad that you continued to work with Nina and that you now have a loving, trusting and loyal pet. As you said, people try new things too quickly. We have an Alaskan Malamute and though we had him from the time he was 8 weeks old, he suffered terribly from separation anxiety. The first year we had him, he tore down the Christmas tree while we were at my mother's for Christmas dinner. Another time, he got my husband's container of heart medication off the table. We came home to find pills and plastic everywhere. Luckily, he didn't touch the pills, only played with them, shooting them across the floor. Though I never believed in crate training, in desperation, we got a crate. Meeko soon learned how to open it and we would come home to such messes with things destroyed. We worked with him and he finally became comfortable in his cage. He would go and get into it when he saw that we were preparing to go out. The only problem was, he howled when we left. LOL One day I had to rush out with the grandsons and when I came back, Meeko greeted us at the door. He had not destroyed anything and it appeared he had been sleeping - on the bed. However, there was no damage done. So, little by little, we accustomed him to being alone in the house. After two years we were able to go out and not worry about any destruction. The end of both of these stories are happy ones. Meeko has been out of his crate for over a year now and enjoys his freedom in the house when we are out. The only thing is, he still howls when we leave. The story of Nina could have had a much different ending. I'm glad that she has overcome her separation anxiety. She is a beautiful dog. -- posted by Red
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Oh poor Meeko! I never knew he had those problems but I'm glad that together you've overcome them. He has such a sweet face in the pictures I've seen. And he must be very intelligent to have learned how to open that crate! Northern breed dogs have a mind of their own which means they have the ability to think for themselves! -- posted by Joy Butler » writewords - Re: delightful story... Good boy Meeko! How wonderful that he was able to overcome this terribly distressing disorder. I wonder if the howling has something to do with the breed? Likes wolves howling? We have parrots also and they have contact calls when we are not in sight...... although I've never researched it, it would not surprise me that is what the howling is also.Pam
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