for the past week chris and i have taken care of nugget while he's recovered from the neutering. the first 24 hours was pretty low-key...nuggers was still fighting off the effects of the sedation. once the drugs wore off, we got to see nuggers back to his normal self (if there's such a thing when your manhood is taken away from you). asides from having friends over on tuesday night, we had a pretty quiet week. i didn't plan to do anything while he was with us, since his activities were pretty limited due to the stitches. by saturday though nugz was bouncing around and playing with his toys. well, destroying his toys is more like it :P
one of his curious little habits was to follow me around all week. it didn't matter if i was moving 2 feet away or leaving the room completely, he hauled himself up and plunked himself down at my new location. it was really awkward when i had to cook dinner...condo kitchens aren't meant for a person and a big-ass dog at your feet. we had a few confrontations, but nuggers was not going to be detered...he was sticking by me through thick and thin :-) such a loyal dog. or lonely dog. when i left nuggers with chris for 10 minutes, apparently all nugz could do was run from the door to the windows and back again. he was absolutely desperate to find me! i left them alone on another evening for 30 minutes...but this time i thought a new toy would distract him. not so much. when i came home, nugz was waiting for me at the door. it was the same deal at work...everywhere i went, he went. which i guess is a good thing...but when someone else is able to watch him or play with him, i thought he'd stay put. no such luck.
when i returned nuggers today, i did talk to the instructors about his unusual behaviour. seems as though nugz could be suffering from separation anxiety. he was in the kennel when he was a puppy, then he went to a raiser, then he was back at the pads (big dog) kennel, then he went to a sitter, then he went to the spca for his operation, and then i got him. poor guy just needs some stability in his life! hopefully he'll get a puppyraiser soon :-)
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