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Zuul's recent behavior has been very saddening. I wish I could somehow tell her that we'll be home soon and she can relax. Unfortunately, the only apparent way to do this is by indirectly modifying her behavior. This will, of course, take some time. It's very sad to learn that all your love and attention results in a panic stricken dog.

Ultimately this will come out positively. Zuul's compliance for our commands was becoming a little less than stellar. Mostly with the Sits. After just two days, she is MUCH more responsive. It also helps that she is comfortable with Stay and Get on Your Bed. We can send her out of the room or leave her in a room without any barriers until she can calm down a bit.

Last night I was in the bathroom and Megan was holed up working on an application. Zuul was on her bed when I went to the bathroom. Zuul began pacing around looking for one of us. I stayed put. When I came out, Zuul was on her bed. I went to jibba-jabba with Megan. Zuul started to whine from her bed. She was not told to stay so I wasn't sure why she was whining. I ignored her for a bit and she periodically whined. Thinking she must think she's in a Stay, I called out, "Zuul, OK!" She jumped out of her bed and ran down the hall looking for us. She sprinted right by the room Megan and I were in. She ran back the other direction when she could not locate us. She zoomed by the same room again and screeched to a halt just beyond the doorway when she noticed out location. She burst into the room acting like she had not seen us in days. It had been about 20 minutes. :(

Not to say that any of this was unexpected. Weimaraners are well known for separation anxiety.


Zuul seemed to have a good time with Megan's family over the Thanksgiving holiday. However, I think she forgot about them over the first night. She barked at Megan's mother like she was an intruder Friday morning. Zuul realized her mistake and apologized profusely to her. It was cute.


I picked up a new harness for Zuul last night as well. My mother (thanks Mom!) gifted one to Zuul in August when we first adopted her. She was 20 pounds. Now that she is 45 pounds, the harness probably won't fit. Zuul is much too big now to fit in the passenger foot-well so we need to start buckling her in the back seat. This harness will let us do that. I'll give a shout-out to Pet Loft since they were nice and let me trade up to the bigger size without any hassle. Hopefully they can handle the volume from the potential customers that head there. Did I mention there are ones of people reading this blog every week?!

As the calendar goes, Zuul is 6 months old as of November 25th. Crazy!

picture credit: me
picture credit: me