Hercules is a terrible nurse

Do you know how most pets sense when their owners aren’t well and try to comfort them? Well Hercules also senses when you’re not well and it distresses him.

Do you have an upset stomach? Let me jump on it.

Headache? No need to worry, when you try to lay down I will come step all over your pillow and pull your hair.

There is an area where he excels

When my “sick” is actually just a bad a mood or an anxiety attack he works wonders.

I’m not easy to win over. He has to work for it.  At first he tries to sit or lay on me, which I’m not going for. So I put him next to me.  And he starts trying to creep.  And I resist him, and correct him.  But he stills pests.  At this point I tell him that he is smothering me and I get annoyed.  He persists. Eventually I give in, and start petting him, then I end up letting him cuddle up to me.  Turns out it is really hard to continue to be angry or to continue panicking when your cuddling a dog who loves you.

Faced with all of my resistance and crankiness he never gives up on me.

The video below Down Syndrome child with dog always reminds me of how hard Hercules works for me.

So thank-you Hercules for your tireless efforts.

XOXO Pet Mom