Pupdate: about...feeling pawly

About feeling pawly

by Humanomics Editor, Fox

  

This week I have been feeling pawly. 

It is easy enough for my humans to tell when I am not feeling well. My tail loses all its floof and goes between my legs; I stop eating my food; I follow them around (to make sure they are there if I need them); and I sleep a lot.

I had a tummy ache, so I was also doing a lot of “downward dog” to get things moving, if you know what I mean.

When dogs are feeling pawly, we slow down, take rest, seek out help.

We do what we need to feel better. 

Strangely, humans do not do this. (Especially when they get the coughs and sneezes.)

When humans feel pawly, they frown a lot more, go pale and make a lot of hot drinks.

But quite often they don’t have a rest, lie down or take it easy. Instead, they do all the things they usually do, only slower and with much more complaining.

They groan and moan about how they can’t have a rest because there is too much to do.

(You would be forgiven for questioning this. How often have you seen your human staring for hours at a screen or holding a phone to their ear? Surely they can take a break from that “busy” schedule to get themselves better? And if anything  has to go from their “busy” lives while they are pawly, your daily walk will be the first.)

Humans really are quite illogical. 

All dogs know that the more rest and recuperation you have, the more quickly you return to full health. I, for example, was back chasing down squirrels in the back garden in a matter of days.

Humans, however, feel guilty when they look after themselves. How peculiar is that?

I mean, what is more important than feeling well? I don’t understand it. They have their priorities all wrong.

So, when your human is pawly, I suggest that you sit on top of them for as long as you can, to force them to rest. That way you can get them back to full strength (and walking you daily) as soon as possible.

Stay alpha,

Fox

“A healthy pup makes for a happy pack” – Nanny Fluffton