Mad Dogs
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
We had three instances of canine insanity yesterday. The first was when a lady came to the door delivering flowers (thank you so much Erica and Allen! they’re right here). I couldn’t take them in, prop the door open and hold onto two dogs all at once so the dogs got out and into the front garden. Trixie came back when I called but something got into Ginny ‘cos she proceeded to run in huge circles 8 or 9 times completely ignoring me and everything else!
The second was something that happens a lot and maybe isn’t that unusual for dogs- Trixie hates storms and gets very agitated when she knows there’s one coming. That happened last night and I was kept awake for what seemed like hours listening to her panting and pacing. Poor puppy.
The last one was the weirdest. She has never done this before, but we noticed Ginny was carrying one of her toys (a squirrel that squeaks) in a strange way; gently, like she didn’t want to hurt it. She brought it with her onto the sofa and curled up with it. We were playing around, throwing it and making it squeak (bear in mind this is the toy she usually bites, tears, and plays tug-of-war with) and she started whining when it made a noise, picking it up by the back of the neck and brining it back to lie next to her. At one point Chris hid it behind his back and she wouldn’t rest until she found it and curled up with it again. We ended up putting it in her cage with her at bedtime. This morning she has been curled up with it on some old clothes, she also brought a toy duck to join them but doesn’t seem as attached to that one! I looked up online to see if this common, and apparently it is, if the dog is pregnant, having a false pregnancy, in heat, recently spayed, missing her puppies or in need of security, none of which we think apply to her. Either she really wants puppies or is just completely insane!
Pictures are here.