Media check:
TV is on the fritz, so DVD/VCR has been idle
CD player (as I get ready to head out): Promenade
Question for dog psychiatrists. Archie, our 12-year-old spaniel, had two recent spells at the vet's - several nights each. The diagnosis? Colitis. (New series for Fred Silverman: Diagnosis Colitis?) Happily, thanks to his medication, Archie's been a happy camper: playful, sleeping contentedly by my feet as I work, eating well.
That is, except for two hours between about four and six in the afternoon - every afternoon - when he barks continuously. I've tried an extra walk, extra food, extra playtime - but he just gets himself more and more agitated. Then, suddenly, he calms down. What's giving me a complex is that he responds to Gord's (deeper) "Archie, NO!" but becomes still barkier when I say it. The vet thinks it might be a hearing problem, but couldn't come up with any other explanation. Ideas about what I can do to calm Archie down?
Thanks, DRs.