We left Jenny for the first time to go away from Thursday--> Sunday to Philly to see the Dave Matthews Band and our east coast friends. I was a nervous wreck at first when I left the house, but realized that she was in the best hands with our pet sitter, so I was able to relax once the plane took off. It reminded me of when I have to take a sub day at school and I am able to secure my favorite substitute - retired teacher Miss Tien. I know that I can leave sub plans and she will follow them exactly and even go above and beyond to teach. I feel the same way about Lisa our pet sitter. Jenny did awesome with her - we had Lisa do overnight stays and pop in during the afternoon for a walk. It was not cheap, but it was worth it to know that Jenny's routine was the same as if we were home. The only weird thing is that she pooped FIVE times when I took her for a walk the morning after we got back. I am not sure if she was holding it out of nervousness, or just wanted to get back at me for leaving!
"I'll show her!"
Pics...
This is her morning ritual when she hears me drying my hair. She will stand in the doorway of the bathroom with her back to me as if to pout and say, "I don't want you to go to work!" Luckily, I have the summer off now, but I still like to leave during the day for a bit so she doesn't get
too used to me being home so much.
She still feels the need to cover her food with invisible dirt....or flip the bowl altogether to hide her food. This time she put an exclamation mark of "Don't touch this!" by placing Boney Bone on top! I am going to try a heavier ceramic bowl to see if that works any better to discourage flipping it.
She also likes to sometimes bring ALL of her toys to her bed...
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| The Good Life |
She loves Boney Bone! She can sometimes now respond to, "Where's Boney Bone?" by going to find her bone and bringing it to us, even if it is downstairs! This pic was taken after a game of fetch with Boney. *Note the wagging tail!
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| Napping with dad on the couch LOVE! |
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| This is why I sometimes don't want to get out of bed! |
This is the look I get when I ask her, "Wanna go for a walk?" Then it turns into her dancing around and sometimes even giving a little bark or roo noise as if to say "Fuck yeah!"
Béla's Corner
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| Weirdo sleeping positions! |
New addition!
Today we will be adding to our family! A friend of mine volunteers at the local shelter and posted this picture with the description...
She said that he had been labeled as "aggressive"
(probably because he got scared at the shelter and nipped the handler) so he would probably never get adopted and just be euthanized soon. She that he was far from aggressive when she approached his cage.
When I saw the pictures and read the story, I immediately fell in love and KNEW I had to do something to help him.
I quickly began researching bunny care and even brought Jenny to the local rabbit rescue a few blocks away to see how she would react to bunnies. She was AWESOME with them! She was curious, but did not bark or lunge at them. I think that she will be an excellent sister to this little guy! We are going to keep him outside in a big hutch / play area and after his neutering scars heal, we will get him a buddy to bond with.
It feels good to save not one but TWO bunny lives with this deal!
My goal is to be able to let the bunny hop around the fenced in yard at the same time as Jenny (ALWAYS supervised, of course) so we will see how that goes! :)
Looking forward to our new addition!
