I have an ADHD Dog and one who is Depressed! Faboulous isn’t it!

Last night someone brought our depressed dog home.  He just this past month started wandering the country side trying to “find himself”.  Yeah, I don’t get it either.  With the economy as crappy as it is, don’t you think that a dog would stay home and not wander off when he is getting fed and a little love?  I have read that pets are feeling the economy crunch just as much as humans, people are having trouble feeding themselves, therefore, pets are lowest on the totem pole, so if they get fed at all, they are lucky! 

But this guy must think he is somebody!  He has been wandering off now for a month.  He is home for a few days and then “SURPRISE” he is back and usually very hungry.  He rests up for a few days and then off he goes.  So last night I get a call about him and someone from town brought him home.  This time he was gone for a week.  I just don’t understand why he keeps taking off.  My husband says we need to get him fixed and then he will stick around.  Other people have told me that when a dog starts wandering, they never stop, so be prepared for him to never come home.  That sucks! 

He even has friends, we have 7 cats and two other dogs that run around and protect our little farm.  Or course, our other dog is definitely ADHD, so that can be annoying to everyone so maybe our wanderer is sick of dealing with hyper.  Our ADHD dog is very loyal, and very hyper.  He likes to jump, so everyone is fair game when they are around him.   He jumps up and on the other dogs just for fun.  I kind of feel sorry for him, since it is quite apparent that he just doesn’t know how to socialize with others.   That is why I call him our ADHD dog.  He just doesn’t get it.  The other dogs will come up for pets and love and there he is jumping on them, biting at their legs, charging them quickly and challenging them to wrestling matches.  He just can’t stand when the others get attention, so he has to act crazy in order to get some attention himself.  But just as with kids, the type of attention he gets isn’t positive. 

Then again, it could be my fault that the wanderer keeps leaving.  I do tend to favor my ADHD dog.  I just can’t help but to love this hyper beast.  He just showed up one day two years ago and it was apparent that his previous owners didn’t appreciate how different he was.  He was malnourished and very afraid of people.  I nursed him back to health and helped him find his true self and walla now he is thriving with his little ADHD self.  He is still very annoying, but I really appreciate that he is different and just doesn’t seem to care what the other dogs think of him. 

Maybe I see myself in him.  Who knows, but for now, the wanderer is back and ADHD is harrassing him on the front lawn, so everything is as it should be in our quiet little ADHD world.

How is your day?

Iz