Well today was Daisy's first day off the Meds and me being at work all day long. For me that was quite a hard day, since I wasn't entirely sure that she would be able to handle it without the meds. When I left Daisy did the same thing she had been doing while on the meds. No particular signs of anxiety. Just she watching me getting ready to leave. When I left I waited at the bottom of the stair case and listened for a couple of minutes...but nothing was to hear. So I went to work.
It was quite a difficult workday. On the one hand my head so wasn't at work...it was with Daisy and on the other hand we were starting to have trouble with our computer system.
When I got back home in the evening there was no sound of an anxious dog. She waited at door and was super excited. Took her out for a nice walk right away. As soon as I got back I reviewed the video tape and Daisy had been doing pretty much the same thing while being on the meds. She waited at the door after I had left. Stayed there for a couple of minutes. Then she checked every room to see if I had really left. After that she went into the bathroom to dig a little through the laundry. After that she went into the bedroom and slept in the bed. A couple of times she went towards the door to check on some noise that had startled her. But no signs of anxiety at all.
Apparently having been on the anxiety meds helped her to pick up the pattern of me going to work and coming back home again. On top of that I live in a very quiet building. Only 7 other renters and me living in a penthouse apartment is quite helpful with that as well.
So far I'm very happy that Daisy seems to be fine without the meds. She digging through the laundry and sleeping in my bed...well, that's something I can live with.
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