I think my dog is bored.
I have a 1.5 year old Pekapoo (half pekignese, half poodle - a fancy mutt, basically, but they can charge more if he had a cool-sounding name, lol). I love him dearly and he's very attached to me - the absolute perfect dog, IMO.
But since we've moved into our new house, he seems...well, he justs acts like he's really bored. He follows me around and lot and whines quite often. I don't know what the deal is - I know he's not sick (we just had a vet checkup), and I haven't really changed his routine any (he still gets adequate time to play outside, we play fetch in the house a lot, he and DH "wrestle"). So I don't know if this is just an adjustment to the new house or if he's just understimulated.
The reason I'm concerned about it is that I know I'll have less time to play with him after the baby is born. So if he's bored now, he's really gonna be bored then. And I think that might make adjusting to the baby's presence even more difficult.
So does anybody have any suggestions? I thought about buying him some new toys, but I don't know what to get. We have all the regular chew toys and tennis balls and stuff like that. Any ideas?
TIA!
Stacy
Wife to K
Mommy to A (5) and twins E & S (1.5)
The biggest mistake I made is the one that most of us make...I did not live in the moment enough. I wish I had not been in such a hurry to get on to the next thing: dinner, bath, book bed. I wish I had treasured the doing a little more and the getting it done a little less. - Anna Quindlen