Moving

[buttercup132]

Try not to comfort her when she acts different from the move, youll just be making her 10x's worse.
If you've done that before it could be why she's like that.

[Kfamr]

I would wait until you got all of her things there and set up before you brought her there for good. Then there would be familiar smells there, her stuff, and it'll be more like home to her.

[king2005]

I would wait until you got all of her things there and set up before you brought her there for good. Then there would be familiar smells there, her stuff, and it'll be more like home to her.

Good idea!

I'll pack all her things together, & set it up in the same area in a speedy mannor. For the first week, I might keep Bobbie beside her as they like each other, so maybe that'll make the move easier on both of them. Sweety doesn't seem to stress at all, so I don't think she'll care as long as she has food & water, & I visit her in the critter room!

[king2005]

Try not to comfort her when she acts different from the move, youll just be making her 10x's worse.
If you've done that before it could be why she's like that.

I confort her becuase she was abused before she was 6 weeks old & was terribly tramatized by it. She is prone to night terrors when something bad happens. So I do my best to help avoid them from happening as she gets hurt when she has night terrors.

Digi's Night Terrors.
She'll be sound a sleep then all of a sudden she'll scream bloody murder & bolt. Bolting usually ends in her slamming into something, which scares her even more & then she screams more thinking shes being attacked & then she runs in any direction trying to get away from whatever she slammed into which obviously hurt her.

When she does this in her kennel its sooo much more dangerous & scary for her as she slams into the door, then starts slaming into all the walls totally freaked out as she thinks shes being attacked. I fear she'll break a leg in there, or get stuck if her whole leg goes through the bars or if she somehow gets her mouth stuck in the bars.

Night Terrors ONLY happen when something tramatizing happens to her. This is why she doesn't go to dog parks anymore. She LOVES other dogs, but the second 1 jumps on her back the fun is over. She curls up in a ball on the ground & screams bloody murder. She will not get up & will not stop freaking out if I don't pick her up. After 20 mins she acts ok, shes stuck to me like glue, but she'll eat, drink, play with toys & will potty fine... but for the next 2 weeks the Night Terrors own her in her sleep.

She has good doggie friends.

Trigger is her boyfriend (hes a 16yr old ex police dog) as he just adores her. He woofs at her non stop and does his darnest to hobble over to her to woof in her face until she gives him kisses and runs around him like a silly bunny.

Buddy tollerates her hehehe Hes a 16yr old GSD but he doesn't bark. He just likes to sniff her & do his own thing.

Coco is the same age as Digi but shes too hyper to play with Digi. So they are elevator buddies.

Merlin lives very far a way so they don't see each other often. Hes the only dog that Digi will play hard core with (bitting, chasing, pouching, & bark). But at first she'll dive under the furnature where he can't get her. She'll bite his feet & he'll bite her nose. Hes far too big to get his head under, so they'll have nose bitting fights until Digi finally comes out for the tackle & then the hardcore playing will last for 2 long days hahaha

Willow lives with Merlin along with 2 others (4 dogs total). Willow doesn't play (too old), but she'll bark at Digi & Merlin the whole time & Digi just ignores her hehe Then Digi will kiss Willow's mouth & run away

Digi is great with cats & birds, & will stare at the fish & will follow the turtles. BUT I'm usually around, so shes far less fearful of new things. I raised her on Metal Music to desensitize her of weird loud noises, so she does great in LOUD crowds & on the subway


So ya I coddle her a lot, but if I didn't she would hurt herself pretty bad. Her training is going very slow, as everything had to be pushed back due to her health & mental issues. She is doing well at sitting & laying down. Come not so well. She still plays keep away at times, but shes getting better! Stay isn't working as she doesn't want me going to far from her. But she is fine with stay & I leave the apt for 5-10 mins. She'll be in the same spot waiting for me to some back. She is not a food dog, so treats do zip.

So training is slowly getting there. Her vet is happy how things are going, as the vet saw her in her worst state (the vet had little hope for Digi as she was that messed up when I got her) and approves all my actions & slow training course... Too much training doesn't go well, Digi acts as if I'm beating her (I don't lay a hand on her) & will run from me, so its not easy.

So thats why I codle her.. but its rare that I ever have to do it.. I know her triggers so I avoid them. But I don't know how the move will effect her so I just want to make it as smooth as possible.


Sorry for the long post, just wanted you to understand why I codle her, as I know its bad & never did it with any other dog I have owned or trained.