Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Holy House

Help! I think Josh's dog, Makaila, is going crazy.
We don't know what to do. When she is home alone, she digs holes . . . into our walls. She has never done this before until two summers ago and she has been working on this hole here.Isn't it pretty

I'm afraid that this coming summer she will tear through the other side and we'll find her in our garage one day when we come home.
Back story . . .
We've had to close her doggy door to the outside world because she would tear open our chain link fence and get out. Yes, she would tear through metal fencing which has totally ruined her teeth. We think she would try to find Josh because she couldn't handle being left behind. One night she got out as usual but we could not find her for a week until our next door neighbor found her running along the street three blocks away from our neighborhood. So now to make sure Makaila stays around, she is a prisoner in our home. But really, I don't think she minds as long as she is with Josh, her master. My theory is that she has separation anxiety from Josh. But these episodes don't happen all of the time, it comes and goes, it is so weird. Then, I get home today from work, and she has started to rip up the molding outside our bedroom door.
Yes, that is blood smudged around it

We don't understand what is going on with her. Any suggestions would be fantastic!

3 comments:

{We Are The Wade's} said...

Poor Mikailia, I love how you refer to her as "Josh's dog". Hehehe. This is why we no longer have a pet, they just piss me off!

McCall said...

I have heard of giving childrens benedryl to dogs to calm them down. You also might want to go to the Vet to see if Makaila needs some prozac.

Nick and Whit said...

Or... (I hate to suggest it) she could use a play friend. Having 2 animals is the best thing. Maybe you could get your very own dog!
Nah, maybe you just need some prozac.