Need Reassurance

mimiretz · Jun 19, 2015

Oberon is 10 months old now. Somebody please reassure me that we'll all survive his adolescence? Between "forgetting" most of his housebreaking, not paying attention to Lee and I when we tell him to sit, getting into things he knows full well he shouldn't get into, and in general being a total pain in the rear I'm really not sure any of us will come out the other side, let alone have our adorable good dog-puppy back.

Margi · Jun 20, 2015

This too shall pass. I had forgotten how Fillion would look me square in the eye and then flip me the middle toe as he ran off to do what I told him not to :rolleyes2:

I have to say I was surprised when he did come out the other end as an adult his personality was a bit different, so maybe Oberon won't exactly the same either. In my case it was changes for the better, so I hope your boy will be new and improved too :yes:

tesslynn · Jun 20, 2015

it is in the air

mimi,

Savannah has been a ROYAL pain (more than usual) since the full moon. She has been acting out in all kinds of ways lately. But checking with friends, it is happening with their dogs too. I am beginning to wonder if it is something blowing through our state :lol:

We have had CRAZY weather, nature seems confused, and I contend that it is doing something to the animals, ha. So I f-e-e-l your pain, and please know it isn't just you and Oberon. Not sure if that is a consolation...just HANG in THERE, it has to get better is what I keep chanting :fl

. I was at the Vet's for Kaleigh's annual and he was saying this has been a bizarre month in his practice. Many of the animals are acting up, or goofy, edgy, and not themselves. Hope it is a phase... my patience is wearing thin too...

labgirl · Jun 20, 2015

They all get there. Over the last seven years I have had four adolescents in the house. Currently it's my brother's dog Vixen. I think the worst one was Cadbury. We all survived, it goes by quite quickly, really. You'll be ok and your sweet little guy will return :wink2:

Hanne · Jun 20, 2015

Oh no -tesslynn - do not say it - My sweet Minnie near 1 year - has behaved completely crazy the last couple of weeks - everything she does is at full speed, she runs around and do not know what (sweet) naughtiness she shall do.

She is quite ungovernable as she is on drugs. :eek2:

Every morning when we wake up, she is so sweet and lovely - and I think - Yes - now she is herself again - but before long she started with a new idea. :rolleyes2:

Sullivan · Jun 20, 2015

Hang in there Mimi, just think of it as going through the "terrible 2's". Soon enough you will turn around and there, once again, will be your sweet little Oberon, back as if nothing happened, and you will fall in love all over again. :hide

MissyGallant · Jun 23, 2015

You'll get through it. And when you get to the other side, you'll be there to tell me I can make it through Cooper's adolescence. Cooper hasn't even been born yet, so I'll be needing encouragement in about ten months.

And trust me, if we were able to make it through Annabelle, you can make it through Oberon. Annabelle was flat out stubborn, willful, barked all night long. Refused to go potty outside. She ran in front of a truck once. Thankfully it saw her, because this truck ALWAYS speeds down our street. She actually peed on our sofa. She destroyed the under cover on what used to be a very nice chair. She ate the caning on my grandma's potato chair. She was, in fact, the worst behaved puppy I've ever known.

And now she's a grown up, joy of my life. You can not ask for a happier dog. Or a sweeter one. Half of my town in in love with her. The other half doesn't know her yet.

So, channel your inner Cinderella and sing to yourself, you can do it, you can do. (Okay, in the movie, the mice were singing, we can do it. But the paraphrase works here.)

mimiretz · Jun 23, 2015

So we put back up the baby gate that, with the addition of closed doors, limits Oberon's freedom to the room we're in and a hallway. It really seemed to help -- no accidents (or on-purposes) for 2 days. He also seemed kind of grateful, just like teens really want limits, even though they say they don't. So everything was going great, until . . .

Today, when he came down with a bad case of diarrhea. So he's been pooping in the hallway, but I really can't blame him because I don't think he can control himself. Actually, he's been ringing his bells a lot and (I think) trying to get out when he has to, but like any other creature, sometimes he just can't get to the bells or outside in time.

So we're feeding him rice with yogurt or cottage cheese (our vet's remedy for his) with a little banana, and we'll just pick up where we let off when his tummy's better.