Human prejudice

She has her own comfy chair,  two large orthopedic cushions, a Vari kennel, two quilts on the floor, and the bigger sofa, and Lily still prefers napping in that chewed up cardboard crate filled with rags. You make me look like an evil stepmother, CinderLilly.

Week 2: Wins!

1. I clipped her dew claws. Yay!

2. Lily snatched up a chicken bone on the street, and despite some head-turny avoidance, I could reach deep into her mouth and take it from her. Trust, yay!

3. The Doggy Ride and M.'s new bike are all set. We're going to the beach today.

Week 2: Personality Quirks

Now that she's settled in, Lily's funny personality quirks are showing up.

1) She's fascinated by water and boats. She stops and stares at the water when we're on a bridge or walking next to a canal, and yesterday, we ran next to a family going by in a boat before it got really weird.

2) She likes chasing birds. Chickens and ducks get her into a frenzy. It was cute at first, but now it seems to get her over-excited and all over the place on our jaunts out. We're starting a week of controlled even-paced jogging. I'll have to think about running her next to my bicycle.

3) She started barking sometimes over the weekend. I think she feels comfortable now, and knows this is HER house. So, we're going to start stop/re-direct training when she starts.

4) She marks like a boy. As in lifts one leg and tinkles over things she finds interesting, or (and this is funny) other dogs' poo in the street, as if to say, 'huh, you think you own this place? well, I'm marking your poo.' Good girl. I really hate it when people don't pick up after their dogs.

5) She has an issue with a mole on my shoulder. She thinks it's a bug crawling on Mommy and gnawed on it once. She tried to lick off a spot on my knee, too. Cutie.

Her Doggy Ride is arriving today. I've scoped out the nearest trails and beaches, yay.

Nap times or/ we used to be a poor dog... what?

Two large orthopedic cushions, her covered travel kennel with another orthopedic pillow inside, a fluffy donut bed, a double mattress on the floor, a quilt on the floor, and our shared sofa (covered in blankets), and Lily still prefers to nap on:

1) the wood floor or
2) inside a cardboard vegetable crate I filled with rags so she can bury her most special chewies.

Go figure.