Monday, May 09, 2005

The Solution to Cricket’s Separation Anxiety - Could it Be True?

Farnam Comfort Zone Plug-in for Dogs   Since Cricket’s last knee surgery, she’s been excessively needy.  We’re home on an average of 23 hours a day, every day.  She isn’t left alone, she’s left with calm and sleepy Phoenix to keep her company.  I figured it was time to see I could get her to stop acting nuts every single time I showered and dared to put clothes on.  Because, sometimes, I’m even so bold as to put SHOES on…and leave the house.  I plugged the ionizer in the wall in her room (aka the master bedroom) last night, to get a jumpstart on the morning.  Today, I showered, got dressed, put my shoes on and walked to the babygate (in normal houses, it’s referred to as the doorway) and nary a yelp or whine or bark.  She followed me, but silently.  I’m not prepared to think she’s cured after one day, but she was watching me put my shoes on, the biggest betrayal of any decent pet parent.  We’ll see how it goes when I leave, but I think she’s already looking good for today.  Tomorrow we need to test her with both Leigh-Ann and I leaving at the same time.  Two people showering, getting dressed and putting their ghastly house leaving shoes on.

Stayed tuned for tomorrow’s eipsode of “As Cricket Monster Drops a Moniker” - we hope.  If it works, I’m going to buy one of these for the cats in the other room who don’t like Frank Enstein, the stray we’re fostering.  Wouldn’t it be great if they all ended up cuddling?  And then we could get it for Eli, so she wouldn’t be afraid of fireworks and thunderstorms.  If so, then I want to make bold highly-paid statements on informercials about this product - Farnam Comfort Zone Plug-in for Dogs

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