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Peggy's currently going though heat #2.
I don't know if she's worse this second time around, or if she was so young and obnoxious the first time around, we didn't notice much difference. But oh my goodness. It's been 48 hours and I don't think I can handle much more of this.
I tried talking to a neighbour yesterday and she threw herself against the fence! (Peggy, not my neighbour.) She was literally shaking the fence, barking, and I couldn't even tell what she wanted. It wasn't "Come here!" but it wasn't "Go away!" either. It was just hysterics.
Trying to get her to potty on leash is nearly impossible. She's on the highest alert. If she sees or hears anything in the distance, game over. Last night we finally just had to put her in her crate without a pee and then try again in the middle of the night. She actually was barking in her crate! But if she's not in her crate, she doesn't seem to know what she wants.
Is this normal? Of course she's cuddling me as I type this. Last evening she lay fully on top of me like she was dying and I was her only hope.
Please give me any tips or tricks that have successfully calmed your poodles, in heat or otherwise. I'm irrationally scared she's forging new neural pathways and is going to stay like this forever.
I don't know if she's worse this second time around, or if she was so young and obnoxious the first time around, we didn't notice much difference. But oh my goodness. It's been 48 hours and I don't think I can handle much more of this.
I tried talking to a neighbour yesterday and she threw herself against the fence! (Peggy, not my neighbour.) She was literally shaking the fence, barking, and I couldn't even tell what she wanted. It wasn't "Come here!" but it wasn't "Go away!" either. It was just hysterics.
Trying to get her to potty on leash is nearly impossible. She's on the highest alert. If she sees or hears anything in the distance, game over. Last night we finally just had to put her in her crate without a pee and then try again in the middle of the night. She actually was barking in her crate! But if she's not in her crate, she doesn't seem to know what she wants.
Is this normal? Of course she's cuddling me as I type this. Last evening she lay fully on top of me like she was dying and I was her only hope.
Please give me any tips or tricks that have successfully calmed your poodles, in heat or otherwise. I'm irrationally scared she's forging new neural pathways and is going to stay like this forever.