Rainy Issues Update #2

Day Two

Got home from work gave Rainy her evening meds and 2mg of Xanax. Leash her up, and in the van we go. She laid down and is barely shaking. Still nervous and panting but laid down easier and with less of a physical que from me. At every stop light we hit she still has to lay down. She does this easier but is still panting and drooling the whole time. Get to the park and she had to lay down and wait to get out of the car.

The longer she laid there the more she started to shake. I decided to not wait it out. Have her jump out of the car and we start moving our feet asap. We did 1 1/4 miles and added in jumping up on benches to our agility challenges. Rainy was really dragging by the time we got back to the van. we jump into the van and lay down. She's shaking a little but no stress panting! We stay there and think calming thoughts for about 10 minutes before driving home. Still having to lay down at every stop light we hit.

Day Three

Got home from work today and gave her 3mg of Xanax. Leashed her up and she didn't start shaking. Locked the front door and she didn't start shaking. Got her to lay down in the van and she didn't SHAKE. I kept holding my hand to her body to make sure I wasn't crazy.  Off to the park we go, still laying down at every light. We do the same routine as the other days except we added in laying down in the grass a few times and laying down on top of the retaining wall that she jumped up on. Only do 3/4 of a mile since she looked a little stiff in the shoulders and was tired and dragging after the first lap around. Still jumped energetically during our walk so she wasn't feeling that poorly.

Get back to the van and have her lay down inside. Still zero shaking! I'm excited enough right now to crawl out of my own skin! She's not 100% comfortable. She's averting her eyes and doing a lot of lip licking. We stay there in the back of the car for a good 15 minutes. I'm trying to make the car her safe resting spot after a long tiring workout. During the drive home I still made her lay down at every stop light. She was harder to convince to lay down. Not sure if she was sore, or if she was just tired of me asking her to do the same thing over and over. We got it done though! Can't wait to see what day 4 brings!

I'm amazed at our progress in such a quick time. I'm sure a lot of that is the Xanax. I'm thinking the Prozac will not kick in and start working, but will give it a few more weeks to make sure. After that time I have a couple of other options I want to try. First one is to medicate her with Soloxine. We just had a full panel run and her thyroid is normal, but what *if* this is the magic fix for her? Worth the risk of trying to me. If that doesn't work I want to try Buspar. The only drug in the third class that we haven't tried with her yet. Wish us luck and I'm open to any tips or advice! :)