My wife Janice, and I have a weenie dog named Fritz...and she
originally got him when he was 7 weeks old. He'll be 11 in November, and
sadly, has got cataracts and glaucoma from diabetes...so, most of his
eyesight is gone. However, the rest of his senses are still in tact.
He's a smooth haired, brown critter, with white on his muzzle and at the
ends of his paws...and 2 feet, 7 inches long from his nose to his tail.
In short...cute, but ornery.

  The thing is...like most dachshunds...he's high strung. We have him on
a medication (basically, a liquid Prozac for dogs...I can't spell the
name of it)...because he's terrified of thunderstorms, and hates water
(rain, baths, etc.) unless he's drinking it. The worst part is that he
is waking me at all hours of the day and night, ruining my sleep, just
so he can get a potty break. Our vet is stumped on what to do about
it...saying it's a behaviorial habit that's hard to break (no kidding).

  The thing is...I don't want my wife (who is disabled...and I'm
heading that way) going out at night...but, she sleeps like a rock, and
can fall back asleep quick...while I have a terrible time getting back
to sleep if I'm awakened.

  Also, he's wanting his "shot and goodie" way early. He takes 18 units
on Lentil insulin twice a day, a drop of pilocarpene in each eye twice a
day, and then his "prozac laced" dog food. We try to give it around 9am
and 9pm, but he's wanting it earlier, and the vet told us to play
"hardball" with him...but the dog still raises a fit.

   Any ideas on what we might do??

Daryl

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