This morning, Duke kept me awake from 4am. This was the second day. In a row. As you can guess, my patience was wearing thin. I tried distracting him with his bone to catch another hour's sleep but he was more interested in our bathroom door and when I dozed off for half an hour, I found the broom in the balcony, well, de-feathered. I thought the morning walk would help him release whatever stress he was having or at least tire him out. No such thing happened.
We read about ways to stop him from pulling on the leash that included stopping everytime he pulled. The outcome? Our 15 minutes walk was dragged on to 1 hour. When we came home, he started getting really interested in our couch thinking it was the beach and started digging it. My patience was non-existent by then. The morning did not end well.
One important thing I have learnt the past one month is that dogs can sense your mood without you showing it so outwardly. Which means, I can't fake being nice to Duke. He can tell when i'm pissed at him. But what makes dogs such special creations of God is that, they always, even if it shows otherwise, want to please us. So, when we are angry at them, it upsets them but it is a vicious cycle. They become more stressed and tend to be more destructive then. And we misunderstand them as being naughty and disobedient.
I went to work feeling exhausted but I came home, having cooled down, a more stable person as Duke makes me a little bit better a person everyday.
Goodnight everyone from Duke. Mummy's hoping for a good night's sleep.
We read about ways to stop him from pulling on the leash that included stopping everytime he pulled. The outcome? Our 15 minutes walk was dragged on to 1 hour. When we came home, he started getting really interested in our couch thinking it was the beach and started digging it. My patience was non-existent by then. The morning did not end well.
One important thing I have learnt the past one month is that dogs can sense your mood without you showing it so outwardly. Which means, I can't fake being nice to Duke. He can tell when i'm pissed at him. But what makes dogs such special creations of God is that, they always, even if it shows otherwise, want to please us. So, when we are angry at them, it upsets them but it is a vicious cycle. They become more stressed and tend to be more destructive then. And we misunderstand them as being naughty and disobedient.
I went to work feeling exhausted but I came home, having cooled down, a more stable person as Duke makes me a little bit better a person everyday.
Goodnight everyone from Duke. Mummy's hoping for a good night's sleep.
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