Bad night, good day

Radley, the new American Bulldog, was not happy last night.  It's not unusual for the first night here to be rough on a new dog.  Radley had been a house dog and found himself camping out last night against his will.  He barked and got others to bark with him.  About 1:00 a.m. I went out and gave him some meds to sedate him, but obviously not enough.  I finally went out about 3:00 a.m. and brought him indoors, up to a crate in my office.  He still wasn't happy and had the crate rocking enough that I was roused from a semi-conscious state thinking that we were having either thunder or a sustained earthquake.  I gave him a couple valium but he wouldn't, couldn't settle down.  I finally gave up and got up about 4:30 and went to the office to sit with him.  He was in a full blown panic attack, the likes of which I hadn't seen since Emmylou suffered through a thunderstorm.  He sat at my feet and eventually calmed down about dawn.  It's surprising that we don't have this problem more often, and when we do, it's genereally a shepherd.  For tonight, Radley is going into the shed with Luke and Ryland.  I hope that the company, and the fact that it's now Day Two, will make for a quieter night.  At least the sound should be muffled from inside the shed and if necessary I'll go out with a higher dosage right from the start.  He was calm and quiet outside all day, but clearly he was distraught last night.  On three hourse of sleep I wasn't too happy either. 

Things were better today and being up early I completed some of my unfinished work from Friday.  I took Benjii to the Caring For Creatures Dog Walk at Pleasant Grove.  It was a beautiful day for it, albeit a bit windy.  He had a great time meeting all the dogs.  I didn't find him an adopter, but I found the next best thing, a new foster home, and we took him there this evening.  Here are some pics from the day.

Benji meeting a German Shepherd Dog today.
He is accustomed to big dogs from being around here and he is fearless.

A Neapolitan Mastiff we met today.
Like a shar pei on growth hormones and steroids.

There was a frisbee dog demo at the dog walk today.
They were amazing, a Jack Russell, an aussie, and of course, a border collie.

This Benji meeting Raleigh.
Raleigh is looking much better now and is now up for adoption.

Another flying Border Collie.
Did I mention that they were amazing?

Two of three greyhounds a woman was walking together.
Calm, beautiful dogs, so well behaved.

Benji meeting Hugo, a huge, sweet, and gentle rottie mix.

Border collies can do anything.