We’ll we just got back from the dog park, so the house will be quiet for the next couple of hours and I thought I would come and update Kera’s progress. For one thing, she seems so much happier, she’s definitely getting comfortable here and learning to play a lot. Here’s a couple of pics from an early morning squirrel chasing session. This is quickly becoming a favorite activity of both her and Biscuit. Those poor squirrels! They used to have the run of that backyard!
Well after 5 days without an accident, I figured she was housebroken and gave her full reign of the house and yard while I was at work, and unfortunately, I think it was too soon =( She had an accident last night and again this morning, so she’s going back to her potty schedule and limited access pass. Once we’ve got a few more days under our belt, I’m thinking I’ll give her a little more freedom at a time and work up to the whole house and yard over time, rather than just letting her roam. But never the less, she is MOSTLY housebroken. She’s also getting pretty good at “SIT” She will do it very consistently if you’ve got food and consistently when she wants to put her leash on, but she pretends not to hear me when I don’t have anything good in my hand =) We’ve started working on “lay down,” But so far, she’s needed to be led every time. I’m pretty sure she’ll get the hang of it in a few days though. Here she is showing off “SIT”:
Most exciting was her trip to the dog park today. She actually got out there and played with a few small dogs and even chased some kids on skateboards. She definitely is warming up there and of course, everyone loves her. Then she fell asleep in the car laying ON TOP of Biscuit. IT WAS SOOOOO CUTE! We were able to snap a quick pic. It woke her up, but she fell right back asleep.
It’s been 2 weeks as of today that we’ve had Kera and we’ve really enjoyed having her around, Biscuit I think most of all. We’re starting to get sad thinking about her moving on to her forever home because we will really miss her, but I know it will be for the best for her and that she’ll find a really great home. We would love to see Kera go to someone who would let her sleep on the bed with them. She’s really such a snugglebug and her absolute favorite place to be is on the bed or couch with us. We don’t actually let her sleep in our bed though; she’s in a dog bed right next us, but I think she would really love it if she could find someone who wanted to snuggle as much as she does. She’s really good at “OFF” though, so it’s easy to let her up on the furniture and have her make way when you want to join her, or maybe if some guest isn’t a dog person (we don’t know any of those people though). She loves laying on our laps as we watch a movie, read a book, or work on updating her blog =). Those velvety ears and big beautiful eyes are hard to resist!
