Suki Loves Destroyed Footballs! |
Attempting to completely demolish the ball.. |
You didn't want to use this ball for anything did you? |
The advice Victoria gave was that when we left the house we should not make a big deal of it and not bother with saying goodbye to Suki (usually we both make a fuss of her and tell her we'll be back soon) and to follow suit when returning home, ignoring her when she jumps up to greet us etc. We both found this quite hard and the look of shock on her face when we first left without saying goodbye was hard to see but it has worked wonders!
The book also helped us to realise that Suki has a touch of "separation anxiety" and I could kick myself for not recognising this before as I would have taken steps to encourage her to be more independent sooner. In order to help her with this we have been trying especially hard with letting off the lead more which she is doing very well with. She gets a bit carried away sometimes but she is so happy and free and it is helping with her independence.
The only down side to Suki running freely through the wild flowers is that she has unfortunately contracted conjunctivitis so the next challenge is administering eye drops!
The book also helped us to realise that Suki has a touch of "separation anxiety" and I could kick myself for not recognising this before as I would have taken steps to encourage her to be more independent sooner. In order to help her with this we have been trying especially hard with letting off the lead more which she is doing very well with. She gets a bit carried away sometimes but she is so happy and free and it is helping with her independence.
The only down side to Suki running freely through the wild flowers is that she has unfortunately contracted conjunctivitis so the next challenge is administering eye drops!
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