Saturday, April 21st, 2018…… More of our puppy story….. I ended up
sleeping maybe 2 hrs. in total. Lydia
got a few more. I got her up and out of
the crate and outside and to the grass - ok, she just made it to the flower
bed, before she did her big potty (aka poop).
She ate and drank and later repeated the cycle. The weather here is starting to warm up and
the mornings are just a bit chilly, but I was able to go outside in my bare
feet and help get her routine going. We
are using the doggie door and the steps but she had never seen either before so
it’s slow going. She likes the grass though and loves rolling in it. I’m hoping to get it mowed later today so we
can see her in it! I managed a shower and to get dressed. Rylee just layed out on the bedroom floor
waiting for me. Lydia was getting some
well-earned sleep. After I was dressed, we did some more work on the doggie
door and steps and played with her toys.
Lydia came out later and took over.
It wasn’t too much later that I texted Penny to bring Quincy over for
their first meeting. I brought her in
and introduced them. Quincy had no
issues and even played a bit with her.
They left and I ate breakfast then settled into my chair and promptly
went to sleep while Lydia had doggie duty.
She played Rylee out and while she was napping, Lydia took her shower.
Later, I worked on getting Rylee into a doggie collar. We had several of
Bailey’s but found a new harness we had picked up someplace and it fit pretty
well. She doesn’t like it but can’t get
to it to chew it.
The rest of the
day was spent working on cleaning out the car from the trip and getting piddle
pads out and the dog food stowed away. Yeah, we work for her now! I decided to be lazy today. I will do the
lawn tomorrow. Lydia got out a package of Costco tamales and we ate an easy
dinner. I got a leash on super mutt and
let her walk the yard with me. She did ok.
Of course, everything is new to her and she doesn’t want to miss
anything! We did get out to walk over and check out the worksite to see the
progress. I am so happy that the work is
top notch and most importantly, it’s progressing more quickly now. No work
today though. Rylee was interested so I imagine she will enjoy the work noise
come Monday.
Sunday, April 22nd, 2018…… Last
night Lydia had doggie duty with Rylee in the living room. Actually, Rylee likes lying next to Lydia’s
chair and sleeping there too. Around 10:00pm she brought her into my office and
set her down and put the plastic gate up on my door. “You’re in charge now, I’m going to bed.” I played
with her and let her chase me around the kitchen/dining room/living room and
then back to the office. I guess playing with her all day and most of the
evening tired her out long enough to make her sleepy. I stayed up until I
couldn’t keep my eyes open, and she was resting comfortably with me so I decided
to just go ahead and leave her in my room for the night. I did put the plastic
gate up in the hallway, giving her the wood floor to sleep on if she
wanted. It worked! No noise and we got a great night’s sleep!
This morning I got
up about 6:00am and went in and opened the gate and she followed me out of the
room and through the doggie door and all the way to the grass to potty. I couldn’t find any messes in my room so, Good
Girl! Later, after breakfast, Penny
brought Quincy over for round two.
Quince is kinda skittish but they ended up together for a short bit. It
might take some more time, but I think they’ll be buds. Yesterday, Lydia took
her out often, making her take several trips through the doggie door and she’s
got her more and more comfortable with it now.
Today she ran through it without hesitating. I got her actually running up and down the steps
I built. No worries there except she now
wants to jump off midway to get to the flower bed! Still no lawn mowing today. I am resting for
Sunday plus getting more play time with our new little girl. I did spend some
time with Rick and Janie’s trip plan.
They took a picture of the notes we made the other day and will send it to me
so I can set it up on a spreadsheet for them. It should take only a few minutes. I hope
it works for them. Sis came back
this evening for dinner. Lydia and I
made tacos. Since the weather is so nice, we sat outside and let Quincy and
Rylee run in the grass.
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