One Week

                                                                     
I've now been here an entire week, 7 days.   I guess the place isn't that bad.  The other dogs seem cool enough, there is space to move around (when I want to), a dog door, food, cheese, jammies and warmth.   FM isn't even all that bad but I still just can't trust her entirely.

I must be doing better since FM has now moved my crate into the dog room where everyone else sleeps.  She said that since I wasn't afraid to be in there, eat my dinner in there, she'd see if it would be okay with me to have my sleeping quarters in there.

I have a new favorite treat.  FM asked me to try some cream cheese (more fat and cheaper) after I kind of turned up my nose at the cheddar.  YUM!  I kinda like it (so do those other dogs but I'm convinced they'll eat anything).  I did have to show her though that I don't like BIG treats...little bite size pieces please so I can snag it and run if needed.   I did notice though that this cream cheese stuff sticks to her fingers so I have found that cleaning them off isn't so bad either.

I kind of got bored a couple days this week and had to explore in the living room with Tara.   She sleeps most of the day cuz she's older so I used that time to drag FMs hair tie off the table, pull out a couple cassette cases out of the book case and then I found this book on the coffee table called "Ruff Love".  I felt it would be good to make sure FM knew I'd seen it so I pulled it out and moved it out where she could find it.  FM says that means next week while she is at work I need to be out with the cresteds in a more "dog proofed" area.  Okay fine then!

So far FM says I'm progressing really well, starting to perk up, and I really DO like that there is "routine" here.  Not the same on the weekends but still consistent.   I don't really like the big naked dog - Teddy isn't the only one bothered by "big" dogs - he kind of makes me worry.   I still think every time FM moves I must go on alert and get out of the room but she said eventually I'll figure out that humans are good.  I do however know that when she asks me to go someplace particular that it is okay to go....usually!  

The girls and me - all in our jammies