Pacing

No UTI

I called the vet and he said to bring her in as planned and he would do a urinalysis before surgery. Good news- no sign of infection. Must just be behavior.
She was spayed and he did mention that her ovaries had already started to develop. She is just now 6 months.
I think her behavior might change now that the hormone surges are taken care of. Of course, she may still pace, and we will try to make sure she has plenty of stimulation, but even if she does- we love her and will adapt. :smile2:

Thanks for the heads up. I sure didn't want to have surgery performed on an ill puppy. She is recovering well and we expect her to be back in full form within a few days.
 
Winget said:
I called the vet and he said to bring her in as planned and he would do a urinalysis before surgery. Good news- no sign of infection. Must just be behavior.
She was spayed and he did mention that her ovaries had already started to develop. She is just now 6 months.
I think her behavior might change now that the hormone surges are taken care of. Of course, she may still pace, and we will try to make sure she has plenty of stimulation, but even if she does- we love her and will adapt. :smile2:

Thanks for the heads up. I sure didn't want to have surgery performed on an ill puppy. She is recovering well and we expect her to be back in full form within a few days.
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That is good news. Always better to be safe than sorry! Please keep us up to date on how she id doing and of course, share stories with us!
 
My sheltie, Murphy, went through a spell when we would give him a raw hide bone he would walk around with it, as pacing. He lay for a minute and chew and and pace, bone in mouth. Eventually he seem to get over this. Thank Heaven!

ShellteeGuy
 
Yep Lady paces when Lucky is laying on HER VENT. Oh my, you took my spot, now what am I going to do? Like there is one vent in this house.
 
shellteeguy said:
My sheltie, Murphy, went through a spell when we would give him a raw hide bone he would walk around with it, as pacing. He lay for a minute and chew and and pace, bone in mouth.
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When Deska gets a bone or raw hide he paces and cries - it drives me in sane. But it must be something about how I raise dogs because my previous male sheltie did exactly the same thing.

Now sable I bet the other vents just dont blow air the same way Lady's vent does.:smile2:
 
*Caro said:
When Deska gets a bone or raw hide he paces and cries - it drives me in sane. But it must be something about how I raise dogs because my previous male sheltie did exactly the same thing.

Now sable I bet the other vents just dont blow air the same way Lady's vent does.:smile2:
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:lol: I bet your right!
 
Feeling better and back to pacing

Now that Tasha is feeling better after her spay, she is back to pacing. I've decided I need to get to work on down stays. Our other dog, Winston is also of herding breeds. He is as close to perfect at 6 years of age as I could ever hope for so I racked my brain to try to remember how we handled him as a young dog. He was a hand full at 6 months too.

It's going to be hard to get Tasha to stay in down for more than a minute or two, but a good long down stay worked wonders on Winston. Besides I really think she is trying to tell us she is bored. So a job she gets. Down stay- even if only for a 5 minutes at a time. :yes:

I seem to remember seeing that the mental exercise of something like that is worth a whole lot of physical activty. Of course, she gets plenty of that too, but it's time for her to realize that I'm not here to entertain her for hours on end. Momma needs a break too. I remember I had won the battle with Winston when he would immediately fall alseep when I put him in down stay as if to say "whatever"...:sleepy:

I'll let you all know how it goes-
 
Hi Stacey,

Shelties are herding dogs...(originally bred for herding sheep on the rocky terrain in New Zealand) .it's just instinct, albeit it can be very annoying I know! Seba used to herd anyone and anything in his younger and healthier years. Eventually I would sternly say "SEBA"!! And he'd stop, for a minute....nature of the Sheltie!

~Cheri~
 
Bela does this, and I chalked it up to being stuck in a puppy mill for 5 years, since my other herd dogs never did that.

She is much better about it now. When she starts up, I try putting obstacles in her path (like a baby gate or a big sofa pillow). It breaks the cycle, and she has to find another route to pace. Eventually, she gives up and lies down. At first, she did it everywhere (still does in the master bedroom, but that's because she wants up on the bed and won't risk jumping for some reason), and now it's mostly in the living room, where there is an extremely tall vaulted ceiling. I thought maybe it was the acoustics or the high ceilings making her nervous.
 
Neither of mine are pacers inside the house. Mala saw a squirrel outside their outdoor run a few weeks ago and now he has almost worn a path pacing back and forth hoping to catch sight of that fuzzy tail again:rolleyes2:
He is persistent.
 
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