I am guessing part of it is psychosomatic on my part, but it seems as if almost every time we are getting ready to go away we have some drama with the pets... yesterday, Rocky was the provider.
It started out first thing in the morning. I let him out for his first outdoor trip of the day and after a few minutes we saw he was running around like a lunatic. While this is not that unusual, we hadn't quite seen him ever do it first thing in the morning. I let him in and he continued to wildly race around the house, sometimes stopping to vigorously lick around his leg/foot.
Long story, short... we suspected he was probably bit or stung by something in his first tour of the backyard. Didn't think all that much of it... the little guy is prone to over-reaction... for example, when it comes to nail trims Rocky makes it sound like a 1,000 volts of electricity are being sent through his body.
But throughout the day he seemed a bit unusually non-active... and there were instances of a pee inside the house (very rare these days) and a throw-up (not so rare, especially when it involves having grazed on grass)... what was really strange was that he spent a couple of hours napping on the dog bed in the master bedroom. This is very odd in at least two ways... most of the time, even if napping, Rocky typically spends his time with me in the office and...ummm... he doesn't sleep on a dog bed (don't get us started... Cesar would not be happy... nor are we, but we have to work on it ... someday!). Needless to say, I was getting increasingly worried.
He started acting a bit more normal around dinnertime... he chowed down a bit on dinner after skipping breakfast (again, not unusual), but finally had some good signs as he began his incessant desire to play fetch with numerous toys after dinner and during TV time.
Thankfully, this morning he seems fully back to his normal self. He bounded out of bed before I did (unusual!) and was chewing on some mail that the cats had knocked off the counter (not unusual!)... and ended up eating all of his breakfast.... so I think we're all okay... but it was a bit of a scare!
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