Over anxious doodle mom LOLing

[Diane, Hurley and Sidney]

This morning, after I take Hurley out for his potty time, instead of going for his food bowl he curls up on his doggie bed, which was surprising, but I had to get go pick up the grandkids, get them to school and then to the gym to teach my Healthy Back class.  So I didn't think to much more about it.

When I got home Hurley was lying in his kennel, which is odd because he always comes to the door to greet whomever is coming home.  I find out he has not eaten and appears not to have been drinking.  To coax him out of the kennel I try all his favorite toys to see if he wanted to play but he finally moves from the kennel back to his doggie bed.  He always follows me from room to room but not this time.  I cut pieces of apple for him (he loves apples) but he barely opens his eyes or stirs or lifts his head. 

I panic, call the Vet and take him right in.  Never mind that we have been going non-stop for over a week and he has been either playing with other dogs, training with his trainer, traveling to Ca and back, over at the grandkid's house swimming and swimming and swimming and playing with their dogs, or he is out for walks.  

Of course, he snuck into the kitchen at my mom's house in Ca and ate the cat's food a couple of times.   I tell the vet he is acting lethargic, not eating, etc.  She does all the things Vets do before possibly taking next steps.  Then she offers him some moist dog food and he gobbles it up.  

Diagnosis - Just a very tired puppy and an over anxious dooddlemom.  But I am to bring him back in the morning if he doesn't eat, show any interest in playing, etc.  

Of course, he wants to play as soon as we got home, he drinks, he eats pieces of apple and follows me from room to room.  Then he crashes on the floor and sleeps like I wish I could sleep at night.

So I think I have learned to not be so over anxious and to realize that even a very active puppy gets really tired.  Duh!!!  I don't think I got that over anxious when my son was that age (10 human months).

BTW - Hurley weighted in at 48 lbs.  He turns ll months the end of Oct.  

Has anyone else jumped the panic button or am I the only over baring doodle mom?

[Lonnie & Libby Lu]

Vivian, last December we let Libby out to go potty and she was out there for about ten minutes and we went to get her and could NOT find her at ALL.  Now we have a fenced in yard with a lock on the gate and our yard is just a normal size.  We went back into the house to see if maybe we let her in and forgot (we are a "bit" older now) and NO Libby.  OK, now I am starting to freak out and my DH is really starting to PANIC.  We went through the entire yard again, checked the patio which was closed up for the winter.  The tarp that covers the furniture was inspected three times and now I am "bawling" and calling all my kids to come and help us find Libby.  My husband starts searching the neighborhood thoroughly convinced someone stole her from the yard.  Most of our kids came flying over to the house because of their love for Libby and the search started over again.  Now I can barely think, let alone talk and the tears are flowing everywhere!  I go back into the yard and I am trying to scream her name but hardly anything comes out.  All of a sudden I see the tarp moving and OUT comes our LIbby.  When we looked under the tarp we did not look actually on the chairs, just underneath them.  She was having a nice nap and DID NOT want to be DISTURBED!   Since that day I DO NOT let her out with one of us with her.  I know that sounds silly, but that's how it is with our Doodle Baby:)

[Vivian & Mojo]

OMG reading that I was on the edge of my chair and ready to call in the national guard, that's soooo scarey Lonnie. I don't let Mojo out alone at all and watch his every move when we go out. He gets into things even with me watching. I already took several rocks out of his mouth and a few acorns and one he gagged on stopped my heart. (On a more serious note my last dog a Siberian swallowed an acorn whole and she died from it.)

[Diane, Hurley and Sidney]

Vivian,

I haven't laughed so hard to weeks.  I am sorry for laughing but you definitely has us all beat as the Poster DoodleMom.  

Seriously, I am so relieved to hear I am not alone in this doodle raising   I must confess I have watched to be sure Hurley is breathing when he is very much asleep.   Sometimes even lightly touching him to be absolutely sure he is alive.  If he sneezes to much I go on alert, if he sulks I try to figure out why and how to bring him out of it.  If he stops following me around the house I wonder why.   

It is a relief to know I am not alone in the Doodlemom Over Anxious Club.

[Vivian & Mojo]

lol Craig and Diane we should start a club or a group haha  ;-) but it all boils down for being our doodles faults for being so wonderful that we get obsessed with keeping them happy & healthy. I really have no shame!

[Leslie and Halas]

When Halas is really tired, he sleeps hard. On those days, I usually have to go wake him up when I come home for lunch. He's upstairs fast asleep in my bed. The first time he didnt great me at the door, I was a little nervous, but now I realize that he just likes his sleep.

[Rachel and Ollie]

EVERYTIME that Ollie comes home from playing with friends, the dog park, or the doggy day care place he is just completely wiped out and EVERYTIME I am convinced he must have caught something and is surely about to die...Turn's out playing hard makes a puppy tired, crazy right? 

[Bonnie and Kona]

Loving this post and all the comments. We do love our doodles, don't we? When I read your description of his symptoms, I was worried, too!

I cannot remember how many times I took Kona in because he has a fatty tumor on his side. The vet checked it out the first time and told me that it was not cancer. I just make him measure it every time he goes in. At least I've stopped going in just for the lump.

[Diane, Hurley and Sidney]

Lonnie

I am a nervous wreck when we have to leave Hurley with the kids for even a day.  Plus we have a very small completely fenced in yard and we never allow Hurley to go out alone.  I am always afraid he will find a way out of the yard. I just know someone would steal him which is another reason I won't let him in the yard alone.  

And I confess, I was crying all the way to the vets this morning so afraid Hurley was sick.  I cried on the way home out of relief that he was just tired. 

[Katrine]

Diane,

Hurley is beautiful :) No wonder you've shed some tears worrying!

[Lonnie & Libby Lu]

I totally understand the cryng part Diane.  Shoot, I even cry when we are snuggling just because I love her so much.  Libby is never out of our sight now!   

[Lonnie & Libby Lu]

Renee, it's just so crazy how these Doodles just grab your heart and out goes your common sense:) ha ha

[Diane, Hurley and Sidney]

Katrine,

Thank you!  That is so sweet of you to say that.