Oh my god...Zephyr had her first really bad night in about two weeks. I’m glad I had the camera running.
No more than 15 minutes after I left, she was making noise. All the same stuff as when she was crated, but to a slightly lesser degree. Still unacceptable. She only took a handful of 5-10 minute breaks during her tantrum, which lasted exactly 1 hour and 11 minutes. She also got destructive for the very first time since leaving her out of the crate.
All the stuff (of mine) that she got into was on the night stand. First, she went after my 120GB portable drive. O.o It’s dented up, but luckily, it still works fine. Phew...
Next, she went after the box that Uru: Complete Chronicles came in. Meh, What do I care about that? At least she didn’t figure out how to open the jewel case with the CDs in it...
When she got done with that, the noise-making was pretty much over and then she slept for about 2 hours.
Then got her paws on an old school book of mine from ITT Tech. She really beat the shit out of that, including the instructional CD that came with the book. After ripping the book up for a while, she slept again for a few hours before diving back into the book.
When she got done with that, she made her way to the weird red plush/rope toy I gave her. She de-stuffed it in about 2 minutes and spewed stuffing everywhere, but hey...that’s actually something I gave her...
I have a feeling that lack of exercise is the culprit here. I really didn’t do much with her today, aside from chase her in the yard for a short while. I had a feeling that it was insufficient, but I still didn’t walk her. Egg on my face, huh? I think I may also give her the Clomipramine pill at 1:30pm instead of at 2pm. Maybe that will help it take effect sooner? I should think about a new brain toy for her. If she’s getting bored with what she has, I need to be cycling through them, but before I do, I need something I can change out with.
I think I should look at this as a learning experience. At least she held her bladder till I came home (which, by the way, was not until the end of my shift...I totally forgot to come home halfway through).
No more than 15 minutes after I left, she was making noise. All the same stuff as when she was crated, but to a slightly lesser degree. Still unacceptable. She only took a handful of 5-10 minute breaks during her tantrum, which lasted exactly 1 hour and 11 minutes. She also got destructive for the very first time since leaving her out of the crate.
All the stuff (of mine) that she got into was on the night stand. First, she went after my 120GB portable drive. O.o It’s dented up, but luckily, it still works fine. Phew...
Next, she went after the box that Uru: Complete Chronicles came in. Meh, What do I care about that? At least she didn’t figure out how to open the jewel case with the CDs in it...
When she got done with that, the noise-making was pretty much over and then she slept for about 2 hours.
Then got her paws on an old school book of mine from ITT Tech. She really beat the shit out of that, including the instructional CD that came with the book. After ripping the book up for a while, she slept again for a few hours before diving back into the book.
When she got done with that, she made her way to the weird red plush/rope toy I gave her. She de-stuffed it in about 2 minutes and spewed stuffing everywhere, but hey...that’s actually something I gave her...
I have a feeling that lack of exercise is the culprit here. I really didn’t do much with her today, aside from chase her in the yard for a short while. I had a feeling that it was insufficient, but I still didn’t walk her. Egg on my face, huh? I think I may also give her the Clomipramine pill at 1:30pm instead of at 2pm. Maybe that will help it take effect sooner? I should think about a new brain toy for her. If she’s getting bored with what she has, I need to be cycling through them, but before I do, I need something I can change out with.
I think I should look at this as a learning experience. At least she held her bladder till I came home (which, by the way, was not until the end of my shift...I totally forgot to come home halfway through).
