November 24 2014
Some goodies arrived today for Milton from Amazon: a self-warming crate pad, a Thundershirt, and Bach Rescue Remedy (Adaptil was hard to find, expensive, and I've heard good things about Rescue Remedy so I thought I'd give it a shot).
I just took off Milton's harness and I didn't even pay attention to the fact that he had his soft toy in his mouth. Then I spent a few minutes trying to figure out how the Thundershirt goes on, and when I went to put it on him, I moved his toy. He didn't get aggressive but let me know that he'd prefer to keep it, so I'll try the Thundershirt again later. How did I know "he'd prefer to keep it"? I guess a quick movement to keep it in his mouth, and that was it - no other signs. So he's still attached to some toys, but not enough to fight me over it. That's an improvement, I'd say!
I'm wondering how long I should wait to invite anyone to the house. Milton does seem to be tons better. I have a couple of projects that I need help with - moving furniture - and I don't want to do that yet till I get some direction from Dr. Beth.