Saturday, April 14, 2007

Over-Tired Puppy

So over time we've kind of figured out how and why Ruki has her crazy times. She's now at the age where she'll have one crazy time a day, a few times a week. (She's almost 9 months.) Crazy time means that she's running around in circles, grabbing at things, play-stancing all over the place, picking things up and tossing them about. Usually lasts for a minute or two. It's cute, but she's crazy.

When it's in the afternoon or early evening, I figure, well, that's just her crazy time. But when it happens in the morning or later at night, we've realized that it's because she's over-tired.

The biggest sign is when I look at her eyes, and they whites aren't clear white--they're more reddish. And there are some bright red veins that run across the whites. It's kind of like when people get tired and their eyes get red and bloodshot. So when this is the case, even though she wants to be crazy, we crate her and let her sleep it off. Then her eyes clear up and she's back to being a teddy dog for the rest of the night.

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