Piper Update
I was so glad to see Piper looking so happy, head out the car window and hair blown back by the wind, as I drove back from the vet. She's had a long day.
She was having diarrhea last night. I took her out around midnight in the hope she'd be ok overnight, but by the time I woke up her crate was a doggie disaster area. Then she tracked poop onto the carpet before I could grab her and bring her outside. She wouldn't eat breakfast, so the vet said not to give her insulin and that I should come pick up some wet food for her. Danae helped me get her into the bathtub where I lathered her up with dog shampoo and wiped her down. She was terrified, but put up with it like a champion. At least her hair is all smooth and shiny now. We had to cut a little bit of matted stuff off of her, but it was minor.
Then I locked her in the bathroom while I went to my therapy session, since her crate is uninhabitable. It was a long day for me too, or at least a stressful one. My therapists supervisor and a couple other students, with my permission of course, were observing the session, so I was stressed and self-conscious. Regardless, it went well, and I had a brief conversation with her supervisor too, who seemed really nice. More stuff to think about regarding emotions.
Piper's been back in a diaper all day, but seems well and is happy to be out of the bathroom (where she did not make a mess). She just ate a bunch of her wet food, so I'm going to keep a close eye on her while I try to clean out her crate and scrub the carpet again. She's lucky she's so adorable. As the shelter staff said in email when I asked them about potentially box-training her and how that would affect her adoptability, she is a special-needs dog and will require special people. Learning to eliminate on a pee-pad or in a box would be the least of our issues in that department.
My special puppy dog....
She was having diarrhea last night. I took her out around midnight in the hope she'd be ok overnight, but by the time I woke up her crate was a doggie disaster area. Then she tracked poop onto the carpet before I could grab her and bring her outside. She wouldn't eat breakfast, so the vet said not to give her insulin and that I should come pick up some wet food for her. Danae helped me get her into the bathtub where I lathered her up with dog shampoo and wiped her down. She was terrified, but put up with it like a champion. At least her hair is all smooth and shiny now. We had to cut a little bit of matted stuff off of her, but it was minor.
Then I locked her in the bathroom while I went to my therapy session, since her crate is uninhabitable. It was a long day for me too, or at least a stressful one. My therapists supervisor and a couple other students, with my permission of course, were observing the session, so I was stressed and self-conscious. Regardless, it went well, and I had a brief conversation with her supervisor too, who seemed really nice. More stuff to think about regarding emotions.
Piper's been back in a diaper all day, but seems well and is happy to be out of the bathroom (where she did not make a mess). She just ate a bunch of her wet food, so I'm going to keep a close eye on her while I try to clean out her crate and scrub the carpet again. She's lucky she's so adorable. As the shelter staff said in email when I asked them about potentially box-training her and how that would affect her adoptability, she is a special-needs dog and will require special people. Learning to eliminate on a pee-pad or in a box would be the least of our issues in that department.
My special puppy dog....