I thought a little update re Scampi was due…..

Turned a corner in us being able to leave her. Although, still not by the front door! I use our bedroom door and she remains calm and rested.

Still working on the front door and getting ready to leave the house drama classes, to reduce her anxiety’s about being left!

She’s such a gorgeous girl, enjoying her walks and odd play sessions with the group of dogs we occasionally meet. Not 100% with all pooches. She’s a fussy girl!

I have an additional shadow that’s for sure.

The free behaviour call with WoodGreen Animal Shelter was really helpful and their advice was ‘no more’ changes or daycare for now. Dog walker is now  stopped, as this was a trigger, and we’ve rearranged our hours of work so, it’s manageable. The longest she’ll be left is a minimum of 5.5 hours to 6 on a Tuesday. Not ideal but if this keeps her under threshold thats what matters, as this was the clear message from the behaviour team.  This is if  as long as Scampi remains calm.

The daycare trial folliwing the meet n greet, never happened as the woman had not been completely honest and does have other dogs, but would keep her seperate!  Frustrating,  I’ve another in the pipeline if all else fails.

She’s been fine on the steroids being reduced so far to half daily. This week we shift to half every other day. Then the vet sees her after within that 3 weeks, before we shift to none.

Thank you for trusting us to care for her, we will continue to out her first.

Picture attached. I’ll send the video separately it exceeded the email limit!

Take care all Maria, David and the all important Scampi 🐾 xx