Turns Out...I Can't Stop

Between yesterday's blog comments and private messages you've sent, it turns out I'm not allowed to stop posting about Lexi just yet. So while I do promise not to make this a dog blog, I guess I'll start keeping that promise next week. ;) 

Pupternity leaves really should exist. But they don't, so we are going to be the new parents going back to work TODAY. Little nervous about that, actually, because we've devoted the last two days to tons of hands-on training and habit forming, and now we'll have to divide our time a little more. But we had lots of fun adventures yesterday, so I thought I'd let you peek at a few of them!

She slept pretty well again for her second night. Woke up a few times in the night, whimpering, but I told her she was okay, and she went right back to sleep. (The whimpering and whining doesn't bother me...I know it's all part of it. But I really do try to make sure it doesn't impact the sleep of others in the building. After all, they didn't ask for a dog. So we try to get it under control fairly quickly.) 

Ryan got up with her first and when I wandered out a few minutes later, she was crazy wired!!! Clearly she feels safe and at home here now! The trembling and timidity of the first night are all gone! We are thankful she loves all her toys so much. (We purchased several different kinds, and she loves them all equally.) We rotate them in and out. Chew toys, tug-of-war toys, chasing toys...a little bit of everything. So we spent the morning playing...

Annnnnnd napping.

We're also working on getting her to like her bed and working toward being able to be apart from us. (She is NOT A FAN of separation.) Ryan had the audacity to move to the other side of the barrier this morning to make eggs. Travesty. 

We did a little bit of leash training for when we go on walks. She is so funny, because when anything is new to her, like a leash - or like food textures - she pounces and prances. So we saw a lot of that yesterday, with a variety of new textures and toys and trainings!

And then there was just general cuteness that had to be photographed. (In the first picture, the last location she knew the treats to be was on top of the coffee table. So she checked for them. They'd been moved.)

My sister Marco Polo'd me and I sent back a video of Lexi. She observed that our rug is Lexi camo. True story! LOL!

We are working on socialization in small doses so every day, we take her out to interact with whoever is here at the time. It's mostly been Sean and Sarah so far, but tenants too, now and then. She had a lot of fun with it yesterday! She was pretty proud to show off how she's learned to sit for treats. They took turns quizzing her. 

I think the highlight of her day was that she got her very first mail! Apparently she gets as excited about mail as I do. She was all up in my lap, inspecting each gift, and then she sat and played with her new toy bone while she listened to me read the letter. It was PRECIOUS.

It was her first rawhide, and she didn't know what to do with it first, but then she went crazy over it!! 

She actually wore herself out chewing on it, and Ryan was worn out from working so hard on all the training, so they conked out together!

Braeya is still deciding how she feels. She has full control over how much or little interaction she wants to have, and we're letting her take it at her own pace. She's not scared and she doesn't hate Lexi. She's just taking her time, and that's fine. Just because she's not in as many pictures right now doesn't mean she's neglected. I promise!