This might sound like a strange one, however Delilah has spent all day fussing over me.
I have a form of muscular dystrophy, severe enough to be in a wheelchair. It's very severe in one leg. She's been curious about my wheelchair and the bathing aids in the bathroom since we got her, but we figured last night that she had finally connected me moving with the chair, as she runs to it now when she wants me to get her something.
However today, I woke up to her digging at the blankets over my leg. I pulled them back, and she latched onto my leg, and began to lick it. She spent the better part of an hour licking it and would not stop no matter how many times I tried to move her. When she finally went to sleep, she did so by laying on top of my leg and still refused to move. Now it's been on and off, if I ever sit back on the bed and stretch my leg out, she's back to licking and fussing over it. She won't even play with her toys.
I'm guessing she's sensed my disability and is trying to fix it in her own way, especially since she's gotten obsessive over it, but is there anything I can do to get her to stop? I only ask because it's already distracting her from eating at her normal schedule she's had since day one, and she does seem a little stressed when she's fussing over me.
It's a long shot to ask this of you guys, but maybe someone has a suggestion somewhere. Thank you.
I have a form of muscular dystrophy, severe enough to be in a wheelchair. It's very severe in one leg. She's been curious about my wheelchair and the bathing aids in the bathroom since we got her, but we figured last night that she had finally connected me moving with the chair, as she runs to it now when she wants me to get her something.
However today, I woke up to her digging at the blankets over my leg. I pulled them back, and she latched onto my leg, and began to lick it. She spent the better part of an hour licking it and would not stop no matter how many times I tried to move her. When she finally went to sleep, she did so by laying on top of my leg and still refused to move. Now it's been on and off, if I ever sit back on the bed and stretch my leg out, she's back to licking and fussing over it. She won't even play with her toys.
I'm guessing she's sensed my disability and is trying to fix it in her own way, especially since she's gotten obsessive over it, but is there anything I can do to get her to stop? I only ask because it's already distracting her from eating at her normal schedule she's had since day one, and she does seem a little stressed when she's fussing over me.
It's a long shot to ask this of you guys, but maybe someone has a suggestion somewhere. Thank you.
