And the way that this symptom is calmed is by leaving the person alone. 🩵

Hi Confused

Sorry to chime in but didn’t your mother have Tourette’s? For people who have Tourette’s 1/4 of them suffer from fits of rage where they have no control over their behaviour for a brief time. Do you think she might have been one of the 1 in 4? 🩵

If she was one of these 1 in 4, it would still be horrible that you went through these experiences with her. But it would be because of her condition as you say. It is such a shame, because a child shouldn’t have to deal with these things. 🩵

Hi Tee

Progressive muscle relaxation or similar techniques are seen as stressful for the body. You can learn to focus and intentionally relax specific muscles.

It is best to relax without intention apparently. He recommends meditation instead. 🩵

He’s actually a big fan of massage and self massage too. 🩵

Dear Anita

An innocent mistake anyone could have made! Myself included. 🤍

I didn’t even think about breed specific information either! We just typed different things into the AI. Your research inspired me to see if there was anything else that might help. 😊

Yes, you are right it takes some getting used to. You honestly have good instincts as a dog mom Anita! You’re doing a great job and I’m not just saying that. Puppies will chew anything and a 6 month old dog can do quite a bit of damage unsupervised. 🤍

My pup tore up a vinyl floor in the hallway that had a loose corner when I was out. You figure out random methods to cope lol. I collected cardboard boxes and I would put them out for her to shred before I left. I preferred it be something that was safe and I could clean up easily.

A lot of people choose to crate train for leaving the house. I’ve always lived in flats and had neighbours though. My huskies figured out that they could hold me hostage with their howls. So if you choose that route I’m afraid I don’t have any advice. 😂

The chewing will be chronic until 9 months to a year, once their teeth are fully in and settled. It is really quite painful for them bless and chewing helps to relieve their pain.

It is funny how different breeds have their quirks. My cocker spaniel is a hunting dog too, their job on hunts is very specific, to find, carry and pluck birds etc once they have been shot. She has so much joy running after birds and carrying balls in her mouth. She finds random lost balls wherever she goes. Also her howl is so funny, she sounds like a moose. Gave me a shock the first time she did it. 🤍

Dear Anita

I wouldn’t worry too much about Bogart. He’s still in his settling in period. Anxiety at this stage is expected. He’s only been with you for a little while, he’s still getting used to everything. It is going to take some time for the anxiety to settle, but he will get there. 🤍

I read something interesting about travel sickness, apparently it is worse for beagles because they have a tendency to look down to sniff things, being a hunting dog. The looking down tells the dog that it’s still whilst the movement of the car tells it it’s moving. This conflict causes motion sickness. 🤍

Some beagle specific tips include getting rid of extra scents like car air fresheners and using pillows or a booster seat or something for it to sit on to make it taller. Because it is small, it can’t see out of the window that they are moving. The aim is to get it to look out of the front window.

A tip that sounds helpful to reduce anxiety in the car is feeding it in there without going anywhere. 🤍

Good luck! I hope you find something that helps him soon. Bless his soul. 🤍

That’s fair not picking him up is a good idea. 👍

Hi James

Apologies, if I misunderstood. I was just trying to be respectful of your culture. Some people who are Muslim don’t like to participate in any shape or form in Christian celebrations. 🩵

I agree. My understanding is that Islam, Christianity and Judaism all share the same roots. I don’t believe in division personally. Words are used to describe things and communicate. 🩵

I’m curious to hear about your experience of being in meditation for a year, if there is anything you would like to share about it. 🩵

I share your joy in breathing. Breathe deeply! 🩵 🩵 🩵

Hi Tee

Yes, well I don’t know about left my body. But my body and mind went dark. Then there was white everywhere and a feeling of peace. 🩵

To be fair, I was pretty peaceful going into the whole experience. My trauma may have ironically saved my life. This was before I was assaulted and after I was free of my mother. So I was pretty happy. I didn’t want for anything. I knew to stay calm to preserve oxygen. I figured if it was my time to go, it was my time to go. 🩵

After I was resuscitated, I just went back to swimming, but I was a bit more careful. 🩵

Dear Anita

I’m sorry to hear that you have a sore back from lifting Bogart. 🤍

Is it lower back pain? If so, a back brace might be helpful. The key is not to use it often, because over wearing it can weaken muscles. It would just be for lifting. 🤍

When I was pregnant, I couldn’t wear a back brace obviously because of the baby. I had to wear a tubular bandage over my belly which I folded over to double it up. 🤍

A back brace does provide more support than the bandage. When I had two large huskies, with my fibromyalgia, it helped when walking them because I used a waist lead in addition to a regular one. 🤍