I just got off the phone with my mom and she told me that my poodle, Pierre, has been acting up again. He is 15 years old in March and is in really good health. Just in the last year or so he has had some pain when jumping off of or onto furniture. I haven't lived at home for the last 10 years but being the oldest five, we were always in and out of my parent's house. My second to last sister is moving out this week and she is going to leave Pierre with my parents. He is completely distraught over and is peeing all over the house and whining. He usually gets depressed when we move out but this seems to be a little worse than usual. Probably because there is only one sister left living there. I think that having us all come in and out on the weekends (we all live 5 hours away from my parents so we stay 2-3 nights when we visit) is confusing and upsetting hime. We considered having him come live with me b/c I work from home but I am afraid that the trauma of living in a new place is just too much for him. The vet has suggested putting him on prozac but my parent's dont want to have him drugged. He is healthy and other than his emotional outbursts he is a great dog. Has anybody had a situation similar to this and if so do you have an suggestions for me on how to make things easier for our little guy.
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