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Tammy

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  1. Oliver is now 7. I've had him since he was 5. We have discovered he is a spook. (Doggie autism) if anyone has or had owned a spook please discuss your experience. How did we know? Oliver is the quietest, sweet and quirky dog. He is afraid of almost everything in the house. Water bottles, the whole kitchen,(like the entire room) and by the way, the whole house except the living room(he never goes in any part of the house he stays in the livingroom only), ceiling fans, the Christmas tree in the kitchen but it's the kitchen so it is scary, anything that makes a sudden noise. He very anxious. He will try to shrink into himself when he goes into a panic attack. He has had quite a few attacks. Sometimes he goes into a zone, trance like and doesn't react to his name or my voice. (Out of the blue) A very loud "hey"! Will snap him out. Or not. He may be in the house staring at some unknown thing that's out to get him or outside he will be just walking to go potty and bam hes not there mentally..just is in a zone and doesn't hear you. He will sometimes look through you not at you. He has a ... I'm not sure how to word it but he isn't in there. It's a dead look. Then other times he looks at me with such devotion and love. He doesn't like change. We need to be on a schedule. The more scheduled we keep it around here the better he is. He actually has a personality when things are going according to schedule. 2 years and hes not changed. But I realized it's not about him changing so much as I need to see the world as he does. He can be happy and adjusted but in his world happiness isn't crazy jumping and barking. Oliver's happy is quiet and soft music (I found that spa music is key to help him relax and really settle) Oliver is perfectly happy walking the same trail everyday at the same time, seeing the same things over and over. I need to adjust my meaning of happiness and how to be contentment. Oliver is who he is. A very large beautiful dog who is normal in his mind... we're the weirdos that don't fit in his ideal world.
  2. So Oliver is 5. I've had him since January 2019. He is a retired racer. I also have a boxer, Bella, who is the greyhound emotional support service dog. She's a super calm sweet girl. She is 10 and sleeps as much as Oliver. They are a good pair. Oliver was settling in nicely starting to wag his tail, play with Bella and toys. He had sn incident with the toaster and quit going in the kitchen pretty early on. I fed him in the livingroom, his "den". When the weather got warmer I turned on tube ceiling fan in my bedroom, so he quit going in there. Again no problem he stayed to the living room still happy with things. Then I accidentally hit the ceiling fan switch, like on then immediately off, it is off as always and he is afraid of being in the house. Hindsight I should have addressed ther toaster/kitchen first day. Anywho he's on anxiety medication ( fluoxetine) to help with desensitization training. He never liked or wanted to go in his crate. (I had to either trick him or physically get him in there, since he was happy on his bed in the living room I took the crate out. Im afraid if I put it back up he may go in out of fear and just hide. Which will not help him with his fear. This morning he bolted our the door and was gone for an hour. Talk about fear! So what have you guys done to help your grey with fears. I am in process of getting a trainer to come help.
  3. Oliver is 5. Retired racer. Ive had him since Jan. 2019. He was settling in nicely. Until I turned on the ceiling fan in my bedroom. He used to go into all rooms, which have fans. He quit coming in the bedroom, then The kitchen and now he noticed the living room fan. The living room is his den. His bed and food are there.. today is the first day he didn't eat. He is on anxiety medication. He doesn't want to come in the house. He pants and is so worried about the fan. Medication is fairly new(less than a week) so I know that will take some time. Im trying desensitizing. I touch the fan and give a treat... move it with my hand a teeny bit... nope not doing it.. he wants to hide run away and will not eat anything. Sigh... do back to just touching it I guess... I feel so bad for him. He was just getting a personality and then bam... shut down. He won't eat. I started feeding him in the living room after he quit going I n the kitchen..cause there's 2 fans in there. Im at a loss. If the fan is on well that's a new level of OCD/tear up the house trying to escape.
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