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Nov. 7th, 2017 03:12 pmSo, I have a dog now. The most important part of this post: here is his Instagram. He's actually extremely hard to photograph because he never holds still.
We meant to get an older dog; we ended up with a 6 month old puppy rescued from Grand Cayman, a hurricane refugee dog. We can tell he's had a really bad life, because he's afraid of everything. This mostly manifests in crying, pacing and being ridiculously destructive. We do have a professional trainer, don't worry, I'm not going to let down my neurotic dog. Just. Whoa. He's a ton of work. I love him but I'm covered in bruises, exhausted, cold and confused most of the time now.
Things Trip likes to chew:
- Socks.
- The couch cushions.
- People.
- Linens.
- The outside walls of his crate.
- Pillows.
- The embroidery on anything embroidered.
Things Trip does not like to chew:
- His own toys.
He's like ... 80% housetrained, but as a result of the hurricanes is afraid of wind, so he won't go outside if it's windy or raining. Which it mostly has always been. So he has TOO MUCH PUPPY ENERGY inside the house, and therefore the house is getting rapidly ruined and the space that we all inhabit is getting rapidly smaller as we opt not to let the dog into any of the bedrooms or the den full of antiques.
His trainer is pretty sure he'll still be able to be my PTSD and anxiety dog, but he has to get trained out of his anxiety behavior first.
We meant to get an older dog; we ended up with a 6 month old puppy rescued from Grand Cayman, a hurricane refugee dog. We can tell he's had a really bad life, because he's afraid of everything. This mostly manifests in crying, pacing and being ridiculously destructive. We do have a professional trainer, don't worry, I'm not going to let down my neurotic dog. Just. Whoa. He's a ton of work. I love him but I'm covered in bruises, exhausted, cold and confused most of the time now.
Things Trip likes to chew:
- Socks.
- The couch cushions.
- People.
- Linens.
- The outside walls of his crate.
- Pillows.
- The embroidery on anything embroidered.
Things Trip does not like to chew:
- His own toys.
He's like ... 80% housetrained, but as a result of the hurricanes is afraid of wind, so he won't go outside if it's windy or raining. Which it mostly has always been. So he has TOO MUCH PUPPY ENERGY inside the house, and therefore the house is getting rapidly ruined and the space that we all inhabit is getting rapidly smaller as we opt not to let the dog into any of the bedrooms or the den full of antiques.
His trainer is pretty sure he'll still be able to be my PTSD and anxiety dog, but he has to get trained out of his anxiety behavior first.
