A statement; Nameliss can sense what's going on with me. Not unlike my service dog. She can tell my moods results either from physical or mental causes. If I am reacting because of physical origin; pain, migraine, sugars, I am treated gently. Spoken to softly, even allowed to stay in bed later. If my behavior is from mental problems I get the exact opposite. She yells, destroys, lunges etc. I have to make a big change in my mood and attitude to get her on track. It has to be a big change. Not merely going through motions. I can be up all night sick, cleaning, crochet etc and I am ignored. Her sleep appears normal. If I am up restless, ideas floating, (no matter if I'm quiet) she struggles to keep an eye on me. I get the angry bird treatment, noise, yelling etc. I use her and my service dog behavior to determine physical or mental root. Could Yvonn not knowing you well be picking up. He doesn't have your baseline. He doesn't understand or know what to do. So he is reacting aggressively. Fortunately time and learning techniques that help has decreased my episodes. Find a way to document your mood and behavior with Yvonn's behavior. I don't know if it's a Grey thing. But Nameliss is sensitive to moods of everyone around her. Her reactions depend on the person. When my daughter goes into a rant: Nameliss goes into irritating mom mode with chastising voice. If daughter is ill etc; daughter's name is called progressively louder until she responds.
