A week ago I began fostering one of the shelter’s oldest residents. They estimate that she’s about seven years old. She is HW+ and I am fostering to get her through the treatment. I have had two dogs of my own that have gone through the HW treatment before, the last one was in 2020. 

She has been absolutely great! She is potty and crate trained, walks great on the leash, and is non-reactive to other dogs, cats, or people. She is scared of cars, getting in the car or walking past a car. She is sound sensitive and doesn’t like when I am using the water hose in the backyard. She likes playing with toys. She gets the zoomies a lot, more than any dog I’ve ever had. 

The first week she slept in my bedroom.  She helped herself to my bed, and because I don’t mind, she slept with me. 

Four days ago we began the HW treatment which starts with a 30 day regimen of an antibiotic. I don’t know if it’s the antibiotic, but she has began to sleep a lot. She is eating and going to the bathroom fine, and playing but she is spending a lot of time sleeping on the sofa. She has even stopped following me into the bedroom and has been sleeping on the sofa all night. 

I’m not sure if I should be concerned or if she’s finally feeling safe and decompressing by catching up on sleep that she wasn’t getting at the shelter. 

Anyone else have this experience with long-time-in-the-shelter fosters?

New foster sleeping a lot.