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Diane Stepple
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Date Posted: 06:35:38 08/17/06 Thu
In reply to:
Bobbie
's message, "Acting Depressed" on 21:19:52 07/18/06 Tue
Hi Bobbie, I do hope Kayla is feeling better now, she could have been a little depressed obviously she loves you very much and misses you terribly, but what you described does not sound like depression. The spay would not have mentally harmed her so do not feel guilty about that.
I am more concerned about the stairs she has to climb, the pekingese body build is not meant to climb up or down a steep flight of stairs, they should never do stairs or jump up onto or off of furniture, so the first thing to do is block the stairs so she does not do them and injure her back on them.
Please let me know how she is doing now.
Diane
>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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