He loves cuddling. He loves being around people, and is trusting and laid-back about bodily contact. We can do pretty much anything with him we want (witness the raindeer ears). So, as I tie his front leg to his tail and stuff his ears inside out while passing on your cuddle, I'll let him know it's from you.
He's not as neurotic as some of the things you've described. And really, he was pretty 'normal' (if there is such a thing) until all this stuff with his head started. Weims are notorious for their desire to be with someone -- he's always waited outside the bathroom door for us to come out, for example -- and the neurotic behaviours he's exhibiting now involve hyperaccentuation of basically typical traits, such as not being able to settle down in a room unless someone is in there with him, and sometimes he wants to go outside every 10 minutes for no apparent reason, while other times you can't get him to go out even to eat or if his bladder is bursting.
In addition to this dog, we've had a Rhodesian Ridgeback / Lab cross, a Great Dane, and a German Shepherd. It's been vey sad indeed when they've all come to the end, and yes, this is no exception. Thanks for your expressions of concern. Shadow is deteriorating; for reasons unknown to our vet, he's losing weight steadily no matter how much / what he is fed, and is now skeleton thin. He has short-term, intermittent periods of neurological dysfunction, where he circles and is unable to straighten his neck. Plus his hind end is very unstable at times, and as mentioned, some of his behaviour is not entirely rational. Mind you, he's waaay up there on the sanity scale compared to our first dog, who was never the same after having been kicked in the head by my horse, the poor dear.
Your dogs are beautiful. Madge looks very delicate and sensitive, and it looks from that picture that Berry might be quite an up-front kinda guy *g*. Hmmm; if Jack O'Neill were a dog... *g*.
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Date: 2006-06-27 01:22 am (UTC)He's not as neurotic as some of the things you've described. And really, he was pretty 'normal' (if there is such a thing) until all this stuff with his head started. Weims are notorious for their desire to be with someone -- he's always waited outside the bathroom door for us to come out, for example -- and the neurotic behaviours he's exhibiting now involve hyperaccentuation of basically typical traits, such as not being able to settle down in a room unless someone is in there with him, and sometimes he wants to go outside every 10 minutes for no apparent reason, while other times you can't get him to go out even to eat or if his bladder is bursting.
In addition to this dog, we've had a Rhodesian Ridgeback / Lab cross, a Great Dane, and a German Shepherd. It's been vey sad indeed when they've all come to the end, and yes, this is no exception. Thanks for your expressions of concern. Shadow is deteriorating; for reasons unknown to our vet, he's losing weight steadily no matter how much / what he is fed, and is now skeleton thin. He has short-term, intermittent periods of neurological dysfunction, where he circles and is unable to straighten his neck. Plus his hind end is very unstable at times, and as mentioned, some of his behaviour is not entirely rational. Mind you, he's waaay up there on the sanity scale compared to our first dog, who was never the same after having been kicked in the head by my horse, the poor dear.
Your dogs are beautiful. Madge looks very delicate and sensitive, and it looks from that picture that Berry might be quite an up-front kinda guy *g*. Hmmm; if Jack O'Neill were a dog... *g*.