Yomi's Stress Management I - Why Is She Stressed?

For the fourth blog posting, I will write about why Yomi, and other puppies get stressed. There are three main reasons. Yomi gets stress from being apart from family members, not having human’s food and taking too much shower.

 The first reason why Yomi gets stressed out is because we leave Yomi alone at home. At about 7:30 A.M to 10 A.M, my family members leave home to go to work or school. Daddy and my little brother leave home first and we hear Yomi crying. She cries as if she will drop her tears down. She tries to stand tall to see the back of dad and Min gee, my younger brother. She really wants to be with us all the time but as it’s hard to bring Yomi to dad’s work place or Min gee’s school, she has to stay alone. We feel sorry for her but actually she sleeps most of the lonely time.

 The second reason is that Yomi can’t have the same foods with my family. They are usually not very good for Yomi’s health so we have to ignore her when we have our meals. She stands up well to show her interest in the foods and sometimes hold my arm to drag my attention. I feel sorry but giving food at the table is also not good for her behaviour. If I start to give food at the table while I’m eating, she will continually come and anticipate for another chance. If that happens a lot, she might think that all foods are eatable and she will not be obedient anymore.

 Lastly, She get stressed because we wash her for a long time. As poodles (the species of Yomi) like water, Yomi seems to be fine compare to other dogs. But if you are not very skilled with washing dogs, it might take quite a long time. I sometimes listen to the music while I wash Yomi and I really enjoy that time. Because I love to have my time to take a bathe, I thought Yomi would love it too. However It was not true. She stands still and behave well during the bath but when she gets blow-dried, she express how much she got stressed.

 Those three are the main reason of Yomi’s stress. I can see how Yomi feels by her reactions. They are sometimes funny, but I feel sorry for her. So I try to relieve her stress. Next time, I will explain how I treat Yomi to relieve her stress. See you soon!