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danikatze · 1 year ago

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Tomorrow we're bringing my dog Youck to the place where he'll stay during our vacation and it's the first time he'll be sleeping over somewhere else for more than one day. I'm preparing a list of commands etc. he knows to make it easier for them to communicate and bond with him.

He's a nervous dog - when we adopted him 2 years ago he lost a lot of weight almost instantly. He got the kilos back by now, but every time he's in a stressful situation he loses weight again.

But I feel like I'm going over the top - it's like a manual now. I don't wanna come across as a "my dog is the speciallest cleverest and most sensitive lil boy" kinda person.

Part of it is that I'm a dog sitter as well and like.. sometimes dogs do things that I wish I knew about. In the positive and negative sense: like, I never know if they're ok off the leash with horses present.

And another part is that some of the commands need a bit more explaining.

But yeah a lot of it's probably that I'm genuinely really nervous, because our first few weeks with him were Not easy.

#ikke #ughh boy #I have some issues leaving him to others as you may be able to tell #I'm not the type of person who coddles dogs but I know what they need and I make sure they get it (if I can)#let dogs be dogs and all that #but somehow I've become the main caregiver in a 3 person house hold #and when I go anywhere without him he stops eating #he was fine when my parents were gone for a week and a half - he's never eaten better actually #I know there are people who would be really proud about this - my own mother thinks I would consider it a compliment #but I'm baffled by that attitude - it's really just a pain in my ass if no one else can properly take care of my dog #I want him to be ok with as many people as possible #*especially* my parents #talked about this overwhelming sense of responsibility I have a lot in therapy and I've gotten better in some cases #but this one's particularly hard to let go bc it's not like he can take care of himself #ughh

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