Poster Child for Neuroses

I give you Myrddin:

 

Here is a list of things that have freaked him out in the last 96 hours:

Grackles- they make a really loud, strange and apparently scary cawing sound

Backfires/transformer popping-  some odd loud sound whose source is unclear but was most likely one of these two things

The puppy- she bit his tail

Leaf blowers- the neighbor next door had someone cleaning his gutters and making lots of scary noises

TV doorbells/knocking- who's there? anyone? anyone?

Glass pack muffler-constant backfires

When said noise sets him off, he darts around with his eyes wide, his tail tucked and refusing to come to his name, go outside or otherwise resemble a reasonable dog.

When he calms down, anywhere from a few mintues to several hours later, he's a sweet loveable dog.

Some days I wonder if he needs puppy Xanax.  Do they make Xanax for dogs?  I know they do Prozac and its ilk but he's not sad he's just anxious.  

Some day I'll get a picture of him running across the yard with his tongue flapping in the breeze.