One week down

We brought Roxanne home one week ago today, and already I kind of forget what it was like without her. Well I don't know if I forget, more like I just can't imagine going back to living without her. It was calmer, more relaxed, and I got more sleep, but I'm pretty sure I am laughing a lot more now throughout the day than I was before she came.

She has made good progress in one week. She is doing better and better with house training. The past 3 days she has averaged 1 accident a day. This usually happens in the evening, making it even more of a bummer that we didn't quite reach the exciting "1 full day without an accident" mark. Maybe today will be the day?

Roxanne went to the vet 2 times this week, and she did great. Once was just for a regular check-up, and then yesterday she got her second round of shots. We found out she now weighs 9 lbs. There was one big, loud, sorta scary dog in the waiting room yesterday, who really wanted to greet Roxanne when we came in the door, but we weren't sure if the "greeting" would have been a playful hello or more of an attack. The owner had a pretty strong grip on his leash so we took that as a warning. Roxanne was hesitant for a minute or so, but soon relaxed and didn't mind the other loud dog. Shortly after we walked in the lady at the front desk said "code yellow" over the loud speaker. We were like 'what is that, do they think there is going to be a dog fight or something?' Nope, we realized that code yellow is what it sounds (looks) like...the other dog had an accident in the waiting room that needed to be cleaned up!

One of the most exciting achievements for Roxanne is that she now sleeps through the night without crying! Given how the first few nights went, I didn't know if it was possible so soon, but she's finally ok sleeping in her cage in the living room by herself. Now, she still wakes up at 6am to go outside, and hopefully soon we can stretch that to 7am, but for now I am just glad to be sleeping in my own bed again.

She is also doing well with meeting other dogs and people, which is so important. She even met her new friend/cousin/boy friend/we haven't decided what we want them to be yet Bailey- my mother-in-law and John's 80 lb labradoodle. The size difference was hilarious, but they got along well and will have many more play sessions together soon since Ann and John are moving to Atlanta this week.

So, what do we need to work on? Her play biting. She grabs onto my pant legs and shakes them up like no other. We are trying to give her toys in place of the pants when she does this, say 'off' and if necessary, remove ourselves from the situation by going to another room and shutting the door. She is so darn cute, but her teeth are sharp as nails! I did think it was possible I was over-doing it with the toys we bought at Petsmart last week, but not anymore...we need all of the play options we can get for Roxanne to keep her interested in anything besides our hands, feet and pants!