The day started out rough. I woke still tired from day 6, but had to take care of the dogs and get out to Physical Therapy (long and boring story.) PT brought me to tears, so they surprised me with the great pleasure of six injections to top off my normal two hour ordeal...I mean routine. On my way home, I realized the tears weren't just the physical pain I was feeling, but some physical and emotional fatigue that I believed I could just ignore. It's exhausting trying to prove people wrong. I turned my difficult day into another test for Noel's adoptability. I decided to take a day off from training, and even walking Noel to see how she'd do with the minimum of my attention. Any guesses? She did great. She spent a little extra time in her crate and was left to just hang around the house like my own dogs do each day while I am busy. Noel didn't complain, but adapted perfectly. Right now she is on the floor with my daughter, who is watching a movie. Well, on a mattress on the floor - we take our relaxation seriously around here. You can view pictures of Noel snuggling at www.facebook.com/maggietraining if you like that sort of thing. Noel has been learning to wait in various situations and today she mastered the food bowl. She can now sit and remain seated while her bowl is lowered to the floor and she stays there until I say go. Good dog! I took some video of Noel interacting with my dogs. It's a very typical scene of an adolescent dog begging for some direction from her two older and wiser dog friends. It's classic dogginess. As soon as I figure out how to load it to Facebook, I will. Please look for it. Callie and Buckley provide Noel with a lesson better than I ever could and less than five minutes later they were all sleeping under the table as we ate dinner. Dogs never hold grudges, even after being disciplined. Did you notice I said, as we ate dinner? She doesn't beg at the table and I can't take credit for that one. She's just a good girl. One more pee trip outside and we're all off to bed. We will have Noel for three more days. I did what I set out to do and it has been a satisfying and enjoyable ride with this dog. Please share these blogs and the pictures and videos on Facebook. Noel needs a permanent home very soon. |
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