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Date Posted: 21:19:52 07/18/06 Tue
I have a cream colored Pekingese who is my best friend in the whole world. Her name is Kayla, and she's going to be 3 years old on July 27th. My husband and I got her on our honeymoon from a pet store in Florida. About a year ago, my husband and I divorced, and Kayla stayed with my husband for about 4 months without me (I picked her up once a week and on the weekends that I could). She missed me soooo much, and I missed her so much, but I wanted her to stay where she was comfortable until I figured out what I was going to do. She was very close to my husband as well.
Kayla is a good dog with a lot of personality, and she is pretty spoiled. She's very loving though, and is usually pretty happy.
Well, I had her spayed about a year ago, and it doesn't seem like she's been herself since then. After the surgery, she acted like she was in a LOT of pain, and she wouldn't come near me. She acted like she was very upset with me, and I think this surgery has really affected her psychologically. When I left her at the vet, they made me take her into a little room and put her in a cage because she wouldn't go with them. She was very upset about my having left her in this cage with a bunch of strangers. Also, when I picked her up, they said they ended up having to put a muzzle on her before and after surgery because she was biting them. Also, it seemed like it took her a long time to heal after I took her home. After about a month or so, she seemed to be sort of back to normal.
It was after this that she and I moved in with my parents. I've been gone a lot working recently, and since I work further from home now, I don't see her as much. She spends a lot of time with my mom (she works out of the home) who has the "it's just a dog" attitude, although, I think my mom is actually starting to become pretty attached to her now. My mom and dad often feed her table food, which I never used to do. She only eats Science Diet (hard food mixed with the canned soft food). Since she's been at my mom's, she has gained more weight and looks generally less healthy. Also, instead of my taking her outside to go potty, she now goes through a doggy door that my mom has for her dogs. I'm wondering if she misses that time with me. My parents have two pugs also, and Kayla is very jealous of them and will bite them every time they come near me. My parents also have a steep stairway that she climbs up and down all day because she's trying to get to my room. She will stay in my room when I'm not there, and often she won't eat unless I'm there. When I pick her up under her ribs, she yelps like I'm hurting her. I thought she might have hurt herself, so I rubbed her down (all of her muscles, including her throat) and moved her arms and legs around to see if she yelped, but she didn't. I can't tell if she's hurt or just depressed.
Is there something I can do for her? I feel bad and want to make sure she's ok, but I can't figure out what is bothering her. The vet looks at me like I'm over-protective, but I just know her personality, and she is not herself and hasn't been since her surgery. I wonder if she could have fallen down the steps and hurt her back or spine or something. I checked her ribs, and there didn't seem to be a problem. Today she was acting like she was on a sedative or something. She didn't come to the door to greet me (she normally jumps all over me and practically cries to see me). I gave her a bath, and she was spaced out. Normally she sits still and then when I'm done, she runs around like crazy trying to dry herself off. This time I took her out of the bath, and she just sat there and let me dry her off and shook like she was cold. She didn't run around, but just moped the whole time. She has NEVER acted this way before. I'm going to try to get her to the vet tomorrow, but I don't know what to tell them without sounding obsessive or overly concerned. My gut feeling is that she's depressed, but I still feel that there's something else physically wrong. Also, she has had diarhea since last night (we had a big storm that scared her a little, and she's been going to the bathroom on the floor - which she never does). Can you help? I just want her to be herself??~!
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