A bit of a saga! Wispa had her annual booster and check-up a couple of weeks ago and I mentioned to the vet that she had been waking in the night for several weeks. She’s done it occasionally before, but now it’s every night - and I’m not good at having my sleep disturbed!
For several weeks I’ve left my grandson to let the dogs out before he goes to bed, as they go into the dining room to snooze near his computer when I go to bed and keep him company until he too goes to bed in the wee small hours. So I know they will have been let out about 1.30-2am (he keeps adolescents’ hours!) and yet Wispa barks at about 2.30-3am and sometimes again about 5.30am. Last week Tuppence decided she wanted to go out too, but soon came in again. After a couple of nights I didn’t let Tuppy out with Wispa but just told her to go back to bed and she hasn’t asked again.
Maybe the foxes disturb Wispa. She doesn’t rush out with any urgency, but has a good sniff around. However, when I went down to her a couple of nights ago and tried to break the habit by telling her to go back to sleep she was barking again as soon as I got back upstairs, so I gave in and let her out.
The vet suggested taking her back for blood tests and another check, which I did on Friday. Once again, although she barked when she got out of the car and in the waiting room, she greeted the vet with a very waggy tail and licks and trotted off happily to have her blood test and apparently co-operated really well.
The vet phoned today and said that the results were fine, but he wanted to put her on Vivitonin for a couple of weeks to see if that helps. Apparently it doesn’t have any side effects. He thinks it’s worth a try, as it may be a sign of a bit of senility...
Does anyone else have any experience of this? She seems well and the vet can’t find anything obvious, although I know she’s not as fit as she was.
For several weeks I’ve left my grandson to let the dogs out before he goes to bed, as they go into the dining room to snooze near his computer when I go to bed and keep him company until he too goes to bed in the wee small hours. So I know they will have been let out about 1.30-2am (he keeps adolescents’ hours!) and yet Wispa barks at about 2.30-3am and sometimes again about 5.30am. Last week Tuppence decided she wanted to go out too, but soon came in again. After a couple of nights I didn’t let Tuppy out with Wispa but just told her to go back to bed and she hasn’t asked again.
Maybe the foxes disturb Wispa. She doesn’t rush out with any urgency, but has a good sniff around. However, when I went down to her a couple of nights ago and tried to break the habit by telling her to go back to sleep she was barking again as soon as I got back upstairs, so I gave in and let her out.
The vet suggested taking her back for blood tests and another check, which I did on Friday. Once again, although she barked when she got out of the car and in the waiting room, she greeted the vet with a very waggy tail and licks and trotted off happily to have her blood test and apparently co-operated really well.
The vet phoned today and said that the results were fine, but he wanted to put her on Vivitonin for a couple of weeks to see if that helps. Apparently it doesn’t have any side effects. He thinks it’s worth a try, as it may be a sign of a bit of senility...
Does anyone else have any experience of this? She seems well and the vet can’t find anything obvious, although I know she’s not as fit as she was.