Need help with dog having nightmares suddenly?
I adopted two dogs from Korea in late April of this year. They had some nightmare issues but things calmed down rather quickly. Now, my boy Charlie is having them again as of two weeks ago. It starts with him whimpering and twitching, then breaks out in full blown blood curdling screams. He's even bitten me a few times by accident but has never broken skin. I never wake him up when he's going through it, I just pet him and call his name gently. That usually works but it tends to happen more often when we're all sleeping.
I've talked to their vet about it and she recommended trying to tucker him out before bed. That's helped some, but it's still happening. The new suggestion was taking him to a behavioralist or medication. Behavioralist is strongly advising he goes on medication to help calm him down but I'm told it's not viable longterm. Is there anything else I can/should be doing? It's never been this bad before with either of them and it's stressing all three of us out, but also really screwing up my sleep schedule. I've noticed he's more tired and less active during the day too.
Has anyone gone through this? What did you do to resolve the issue? It hurts my heart to see him struggling so much.
Submitted October 05, 2019 at 10:49AM by BeyondThisVoid
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