From sleeping in the human bed to shut in the basement? Most dogs would be confused and hurt.
WTH, she went from sleeping in her bed on the floor of our bedroom to sleeping in her bed on the floor of a finished basement. I figured she'd adapt after a while (which she has, she now goes to the basement on her own when she wants to be left alone/is ready to sleep for the night even if I haven't gone to bed yet). She's a finicky dog, hence the marking though.
And I'm a big fan of dog crating, I don't know if that's an UO or not, but our vet really recommended it because it usually makes a dog feel more secure during transitions. Didn't work for us though.
Listen, I don't know what she was doing to keep you awake, but it was obviously an issue for her in your room and continued to be after the move downstairs. I have no issues with crating but it's tough on a dog that had never had that expectation before. It's especially hard when the dog is a pain in the butt about wanting her way!
We are in a rural area and he picks them up just being in our yard on a super long lead. Hikes are actually better because our town park sprays their woods.
When we lived on the east coast, I found several ticks on our dog before they attached - we'd do a check after each walk. We lived in the burbs & her walks were around the neighborhood. When DD was about 1, we took a walk and stayed on the sidewalk the whole time. Got home, she ate an Oreo & started freaking out about the crumbs on her hands. It wasn't until about 2 minutes into a frantic scream-athon that I realized a "crumb" was moving up her arm. Ticks can be a concern even not in the woods.
Ugh! That is awful! It is a horrible problem in the recent years and is only getting worse. I am so paranoid about these things because they are teeny tiny and NASTY creatures.
Ticks are a huge issue in our area so we do lots of tick checks and use prevention but the dog and two kids already have/had Lyme. My kids got their tick bites while playing outside and just were very unlucky that they both got Lyme :-(.