Feeling A Bit Demoralised - But Getting Better!

[ninaandted]

thanks everyone for the support and ideas,

Sparty - we've got Nina on rescue remedy and Vitamin B complex. to be honest I've never noticed a dramatic difference with Nina on the rescue remedy but the Vitamin B does seem to help.

she's a stress head and winds herself up about things (just like me really) and is very easily excited by everything and is vocal about it!! she moves all the time until she is (finally) really tired and then naps and is very thin no matter how much we feed her - we haven't tried to give her outrageously huge portions - just more small meals - (the vet doesn't class her as underweight but she is very lean - not like me!!). She can't eat most commercial foods because she has some (as yet not yet fully diagnosed) irritable bowel problem. - so she's what I call our "special needs girl".

Nina's idea of heaven is a big field and someone to throw the ball for her for twelve to fourteen hours a day and then she might have a nap. the only thing that really tires her out is obedience work - so when we play ball I now ask her do things for the ball which actually calms her down a bit too.

she has a heart and personality that is just so huge and is the most affectionate dog I think I've ever met (but I'm not biased or anything ) and if we have visitors she has an uncanny nack of picking the visitor who is MOST uncomfortable with dogs to bestow all her affection on and try and sit in their laps and lick their faces. she has taught our beautiful Ted to play - our lovely golden retreiver boy who spent the first two days in our house in a little ball, shy and scared of the world.

she has taught me patience; that unconditional love is really UNCONDITIONAL; that losing your temper makes no difference in the world except to make you feel bad and that when someone depends on you to help them be the best little citizen they can be - you can't let them down!!

[haven]

Ah puppy love

Try upping her magnesium intake too ninaandted