Sunday, Jan 31. We had planned on having our children and grandchildren over after an event we were taking them to. Toby had his Prozac in the morning. When we arrived back home, we let Toby and Buddy out while everyone was arriving. It was clear after a few minutes that Toby was a bit overwhelmed by the 7 adults and three children - although they were all being fairly quiet and respecting Toby's distance. The grandchildren were asked to walk and use their 'inside' voices. At that point I gave Toby one Xanax. I knew the family would be here for about two hours so this was going to be a good test of how Toby would/could react. By the time we sat down to dinner, the Xanax had time to get into his system. It was nice to see him able to walk in the kitchen and 'nose' about the table and see who was with us. From then on, Toby did not run and hide in his room.
Mornings are still the same with one change. When Ken lets the dogs out first thing, Toby would hesitate to come back in. This morning, Toby came to the door, instead of sitting a few feet away waiting for Ken to open the door and walk away and let Ken know he wanted in. Ken did not have to walk away! He still runs upstairs to see me with great enthusiasm, but will calm down quickly when I ask for a 'good snuggle' - and his head goes down on my lap for ear scratches.
Today was third day for his Prozac. One small thing I have noticed is he has stopped looking at the ceiling like he's hearing something unusual.
We did a little more work on 'lure training'. Honing my skills.
Toby is also staying outside more - but just watches Buddy run after his ball. Not joining in yet.
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