Finn had been better

[conuly]

But lately, I don't know. He's been keeping us all up at night with neediness and demands for snuggles and his panic at being in the dark. And his daytime behavior is sliding back into neediness as well. He's always had this separation anxiety, but it was improving until lately.

Ideas? Jenn did just switch bedrooms, could that be the source of this?

We're seeing the vet in two weeks, if there's no improvement in this I'll ask again. It's not just the humans who need sleep. I'm convinced the dogs do too.

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Comments

[elf]

They don't recognize the calendar but they do recognize seasons and other environmental situations - he could associate privation with spring weather, without realizing it's been about a year.

[conuly]

Are you hypothesizing, or do you have experience? I'm willing to jump on practically any explanation, but I admit I don't know that much about dog psychology.

[elf]

Experience (or, transferred experience: so I have heard from long time dog owners; I am a short time dog owner), but will admit that the connection is likely to be thin.

Dogs are more likely to be "traumatized by thunderstorms because their owner used to yell and kick them during storms" than "upset during summer, sometimes of which there are storms," but some dogs are sensitive to things like air pressure and humidity that humans don't consciously notice.

Definitely discuss tick-born and other diseases with vet; dog behavior changes are often the only warning of serious problems. But sometimes, a behavior is just "dog is not feeling happy right now" and it's difficult to track down why.

Jenn switching bedrooms could also be the cause; dogs don't like changes in the routine. Dogs with traumatic pasts are extra-worried about changes, and often want lots of affection so they know things are going to be safe.

[conuly]

Yeah, he's a small dog, and the bedroom is big and dark and scary at night, and the worst of this uptick in desperation snuggles happens at night. So I think that's most likely it, but I'll still bring it up with the vet anyway.

[conuly]

(Though, from talking to other people in the neighborhood who knew more about the situation before we accidentally waded in, it seems they had him upwards of a year or two since acquiring him from his previous owner. Poor boy.)