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I need Dog advice *Long*
My oldest pup Odie (11 yrs old) has been trying to sleep by my side of the bed for the past week now. This wouldn't normally be a problem, except he is sleeping right where I put my feet down to get up, so I either step on him or almost trip (and I get up probably 3-5 times a night). All the pups have their own beds about the room; in fact Odie's bed is the newest/softest and Whiskey would love to have it, since frequently I find her sleeping on it when Odie has been sleeping on the floor by my bed.
I'm not sure if this is because Odie senses something about me being pregnant or if it is because of the house work we have been doing lately, or some other reason that I haven't thought of. It is getting to the point that DH and I are discussing moving all the pups out of our room and setting up their beds elsewhere. I feel like we should probably do it now, rather than waiting until the baby comes and the pups having to face too many changes at once. (Sidenote: We will probably move the pups back into the room once the baby moves in to the nursery and is mostly sleeping through the night.)
It has just been really odd, dealing with Odie's new behavior. On top of the bed-side sleeping, he now freaks out (starts shaking, tries to be as close to me as possible) if DH or I gets out tools and fixes something in the house or puts something together. We thought it was just tools that make noise (stud finder/ electric drill) that had started freaking him out, but he flipped out when DH and I got out a regular screwdriver to fix the curtains Whiskey and Jack had pulled down.
Any advice on how to help Odie feel less insecure and how to make the sleeping arrangements transition smoothly? Or anybody think we shouldn't try to change the pups' sleeping arrangements?
I'm not sure if this is because Odie senses something about me being pregnant or if it is because of the house work we have been doing lately, or some other reason that I haven't thought of. It is getting to the point that DH and I are discussing moving all the pups out of our room and setting up their beds elsewhere. I feel like we should probably do it now, rather than waiting until the baby comes and the pups having to face too many changes at once. (Sidenote: We will probably move the pups back into the room once the baby moves in to the nursery and is mostly sleeping through the night.)
It has just been really odd, dealing with Odie's new behavior. On top of the bed-side sleeping, he now freaks out (starts shaking, tries to be as close to me as possible) if DH or I gets out tools and fixes something in the house or puts something together. We thought it was just tools that make noise (stud finder/ electric drill) that had started freaking him out, but he flipped out when DH and I got out a regular screwdriver to fix the curtains Whiskey and Jack had pulled down.
Any advice on how to help Odie feel less insecure and how to make the sleeping arrangements transition smoothly? Or anybody think we shouldn't try to change the pups' sleeping arrangements?
Re: I need Dog advice *Long*
I don't know about the sleeping situation, but I might have an idea for the anxiety situation.
Our small dog panics whenever the oven or stove is on. I don't know if it is the gas smell or the fact that the timer (or sometimes smoke alarm) goes off when the oven is on, but she will cower and have her ears back and tail down the whole time. One suggestion I found was to make that a positive time for her. When the oven goes on try to play with her, give a treat, or give some snuggles. So maybe whenever you are going to get tools out or you have them out give Odie some extra love to show him that whatever caused his initial anxiety isn't really a scary thing. I can't report 100% success with our dog, but she is only like that sometimes now instead of every time.