Back after a short hiatus

Sorry that it’s been a while since my last post, but here I am again with another update.  I still look back at Roxie’s first day with us versus where she is now and it’s actually quite dramatic.  Sometimes it’s easy to get a little caught up in the day to day similarities and feel progress has almost stopped, but when you step back and look at the bigger picture you can see the big changes.

It did feel as if we had stalled for a little bit as far as making progress, but I can say right now that good progress has been made over the past week.  Roxie and I had a couple of play sessions where I was able to “grab her beak” and grab at her feet.  Also, she now greets me at the door along with Eli when I come home from work.  She let’s me pet her while I’m standing up and no longer have to sit or kneel to do so.

Roxie has also learned that she doesn’t have to wolf down her treats anymore because Eli or some other critter isn’t going to try to take it.  It’s kind of funny watching Roxie and Eli eat though.  They each have their own bowl, but in the middle of eating they stop and switch bowls.  I guess dogs also believe the grass is greener on the other side.

We have not been able to get a collar on Roxie yet, but to be honest we haven’t tried very hard.  It’s also been a while since Roxie relieved herself inside the house…which is very nice.  She has become more bold and earlier this evening walked up to my sister-in-law, who was sitting on the floor, to get some petting.

Lastly, I’ve discovered that Roxie is interested in eyes.  She’ll put her face in ours to sniff us and then try to lick our eyes.  We naturally keep our eyes shut when she does this.  It’s kind of weird and kind of funny.

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