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by RLHAR on 23 September 2009 - 03:09
Firstly that for all her confidence she gets separation anxiety when we are traveling. Never at home, she doesn't care when or where I go but when we're on the road she definitely does not like me out of her sight. To the extent of destroying a door to a room where she was being held while I went to the hospital over the weekend.
Luckily my father is fairly forgiving ... I think, I might get a bill, don't know.
She also barks if my husband holds her when I go into the restroom at a rest stop.
Still her being glued to my hip has been a bit of a blessing this trip. After a hard fought battle with bone cancer my mother died yesterday afternoon and while I'm in no mood for lots of people being around, her companionship has been much needed.
I also learned that air hockey tables build drive. She goes nuts when those little plastic pucks are being batted back and forth, barking like crazy, trying to catch the pucks with her paw and I learned that from a dead stand still she can in fact jump the 4 feet up in the air to land atop the air hockey table.
Guess it's nice to know that she has no trouble with any sort of 'surface'.
by GSDtravels on 23 September 2009 - 03:09
by poseidon on 23 September 2009 - 11:09
Take comfort from those dear and closest to you at times like this. My deepest condolences.
by AnjaBlue on 23 September 2009 - 12:09
by DebiSue on 23 September 2009 - 15:09
So very sorry to hear about the loss of your mom. How very sad. I hope you are finding comfort in your memories of her.
Love the story about the air hockey table. That is too funny. Enjoy your precious girl. She is obviously YOUR girl.
by Slamdunc on 23 September 2009 - 15:09
I'm very sorry to hear about your mom. My father passed away in March from Lung cancer. Even though we knew how sick he was, I never expected him to really "go." My condolences to you and your family. It's nice having a dog like yours around during times like this. Try to remember all of the good memories to help you through the hard times.
Jim
by Vom Brunhaus on 24 September 2009 - 10:09
by RLHAR on 26 September 2009 - 22:09
I had noticed in our beach walks that while the sandpipers fascinated her, she wasn't interested in sea gulls. At first I wrote it off as she didn't want to take on 'bigger' birds but I have now seen my assumption was wrong.
Seagulls stay in place until she is right on top of them and then they simply fly away. Sandpipers however, scurry about and she can 'herd' them into a larger flock before they take off.
She is herding sandpipers.
by beetree on 26 September 2009 - 22:09
by RLHAR on 26 September 2009 - 22:09
All I did notice about her behavior was that she lowers her head so you can really see her shoulder blades move. Her ears are up and intent and she carefully moves herself to direct the sandpipers away from her. She doesn't charge unless they break off formation and fly away and as soon as she realizes they're up in the air she trots off away from the game until we come across the next group.
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