Tuesday Jan 17
Our first full day
back with Cadie. We missed her! And apparently she missed us. I had
her tethered to me at my desk this morning and Dan went to run a few
errands. She barked and cried as soon as he went in the mud room (which
leads to the garage) and closed the door! Cadie and I went to check it
out and I tried to soothe her saying that he was coming back in a calm
voice, and petting her when she was calm. Eventually I just distracted
her and we went to make my breakfast. Then all was well.
When Dan returned, she was excited but not her normal jumpy self, which
was good. Dan said Hi to me and I don't even think acknowledged her.
We went back to making my breakfast and now she's laying next to me at
my desk with a bone.
Good things:
Dan was playing hockey
with her in the basement and he started playing catch with her as
well. He would just wait for her to drop the ball and sit (without any
instruction) before throwing the ball. And she caught on quickly
enough! Next time he'll say 'Thank You' when she drops the ball, so
that she will eventually drop the ball (or whatever she has) when we say that phrase to her.
Questions:
-Jumping on, under, over my parents' nine year old (extremely passive) golden. What gives? She doesn't do that to other dogs.
-Riding
in the car - tips for helping her be calm and stay in the back? She
has improved a lot of the past few months, but there's still definite
room for improvement.
-Finding/gnawing on everything at grandma's house. She's much better at
home, but we don't have as many exciting things out, she's used to
them, and we keep her tethered to us most of the the time.
-Bump on
the top of her right back hip, doesn't bother her one bit, even if we
rub it. It kinda feels like an inverted 'V'. We just noticed it last night . I'm going to try icing it and if it doesn't go down, I'll give
the vet a call.
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