No, this is not a joke. My seven year old Yorkie, for the past week, has been acting - well- weird. He is eating, but without the zeal with which meals are met.
He is litter boxed trained, and always does his business in the box, except for when he notices a difference in the direction a chair is turned, then he marks. But for the past week, he has been leaving me gifts in the living room.
He no longer would meet me at the door, a toy in his mouth, to play. He had no interest in running after birds in the backyard.
I searched the deep recesses of my mind for an answer. Perhaps, thought I, he is upset because my new, month old grandson came to visit. Could he be jealous? But he paid mo attention to the baby. No, it had to be something else.
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