I have been taking Sophie out front on leash to do her last business of the day. I want to make sure she goes so she doesn't wake one of us up at 2:00 to go. We have a nice flood light on our garage and another light on our porch and neighbors on both sides have lights, so is well lit and I don't have to have a flashlight to see where I am stepping--at 71 I do not need a fall.
She had such a horrid time the week she was on phenobarbital and even several days afterwards,. She would fall when trying to sue the bathroom, even just walking and then couldn't get up without help. Well, no that she has been off it for a week, she is much better and the last tonight's she has actually wanted to go for a short walk and investigate everything. Of course this makes me happy and I just let her take the lead.
Tonight we got down in front of the house next door and she stopped and barked, and I mean barked, 4-5 woofs. She had not barked in weeks. If shut outside she would stand at the back door and let out a single woof. She doesn't bark at door bells or knocks. Anyway, I could not figure out why she had stopped and was barking, ears perked up. Then I heard my next door neighbor call out. She came out from the other side of her car. I could make out that there was a dog or something there--bad vision, night, and the car block light. I thought it must be one of her 3 dogs and Sophie was barking at it, tho I have never known her to bark at a dog. I asked if that was one other dogs and she laughed and said no, it was Josh. That is her 19 year old son and was sitting there just behind the car but thelight couldn't hit him. He stood up and spoke and Sophie backed up and barked again. Donna and Josh started towards us talking and Sophie almost pulled me off my feet headed back to our house.
Now she has seen Donna numerous times and Donna has petted on her. She always loves to have people pet on her, but for some reason, she wanted to get away from Josh. This kid has totally wrecked the house with fits of temper when things don't go his way. He put holes in walls, threw and broke computer, microwave, broke all shelves in fridge, etc. He has hit her and two years ago pushed her backwards onto the cabinet and broke 2 ribs. But he has been on meds and has been doing good. Tonight is the first time I have seen him in a year as he never comes out. Do you think Sophie sensed something about him? I will admit he is the only human I have ever been scared of. He stabbed his older brothel in the arm 4 years ago His dad lives in Oklahoma--they divorced when he retired fro the Navy about 7 years ago. Jim remarried about a year later and had the boys come up, but the month ended up being less than two weeks and he has never had Josh come back. I suspect Josh tried to treat the new wife the way he treats his mother and he threw fits and damaged things.
But at any rate, Sophie would not even stay in our yard and do business and I ended up having to take her into the backyard with flash light. She was truly scared of Josh, something I had never seen in her.
She had such a horrid time the week she was on phenobarbital and even several days afterwards,. She would fall when trying to sue the bathroom, even just walking and then couldn't get up without help. Well, no that she has been off it for a week, she is much better and the last tonight's she has actually wanted to go for a short walk and investigate everything. Of course this makes me happy and I just let her take the lead.
Tonight we got down in front of the house next door and she stopped and barked, and I mean barked, 4-5 woofs. She had not barked in weeks. If shut outside she would stand at the back door and let out a single woof. She doesn't bark at door bells or knocks. Anyway, I could not figure out why she had stopped and was barking, ears perked up. Then I heard my next door neighbor call out. She came out from the other side of her car. I could make out that there was a dog or something there--bad vision, night, and the car block light. I thought it must be one of her 3 dogs and Sophie was barking at it, tho I have never known her to bark at a dog. I asked if that was one other dogs and she laughed and said no, it was Josh. That is her 19 year old son and was sitting there just behind the car but thelight couldn't hit him. He stood up and spoke and Sophie backed up and barked again. Donna and Josh started towards us talking and Sophie almost pulled me off my feet headed back to our house.
Now she has seen Donna numerous times and Donna has petted on her. She always loves to have people pet on her, but for some reason, she wanted to get away from Josh. This kid has totally wrecked the house with fits of temper when things don't go his way. He put holes in walls, threw and broke computer, microwave, broke all shelves in fridge, etc. He has hit her and two years ago pushed her backwards onto the cabinet and broke 2 ribs. But he has been on meds and has been doing good. Tonight is the first time I have seen him in a year as he never comes out. Do you think Sophie sensed something about him? I will admit he is the only human I have ever been scared of. He stabbed his older brothel in the arm 4 years ago His dad lives in Oklahoma--they divorced when he retired fro the Navy about 7 years ago. Jim remarried about a year later and had the boys come up, but the month ended up being less than two weeks and he has never had Josh come back. I suspect Josh tried to treat the new wife the way he treats his mother and he threw fits and damaged things.
But at any rate, Sophie would not even stay in our yard and do business and I ended up having to take her into the backyard with flash light. She was truly scared of Josh, something I had never seen in her.