Charlie met one of my very best friends today, Laura G. Laura was one of Sammy's favorite people, and will undoubtedly be one of Charlie's, as she's agreed to be one of her honorary godmothers. Laura played the role of toy retriever during a brief walk. Charlie is getting less interested in the toy on walks, but one is definitely needed to distract her when she plays leash tug-of-war. I now bring a tote bag on walks, to bring extra clean-up bags and to store the toy if she tires of it. Laura was very patient with Charlie while we watched the first half of the Bears game, ignoring Charlie when Charlie jumped on her and using OFF very effectively, too.
Charlie also met two new doggie friends in the neighborhood, Payton and Lucy. She is very friendly with other dogs. We also met a wonderful retriever mix at the business campus on today's first walk. This dog was so friendly and turned out to be a Kay's Animal Shelter alumni (Sammy was adopted from Kay's.)
Number of accidents in the house: zero! I've had Charlie for six days, and she's been accident-free three of those days. She has only gone a few times in the house, and she gave me signals that she was preparing to go each time. I wasn't paying enough attention when I had visitors for two of those accidents. I always take Charlie outside immediately when she wakes up, even if it's only been for 15 minutes or so. She's gone to the bathroom outside each of those times.
Total walk time today: 2.5 hours. Charlie is exhausted, but that's a good thing: I return to work tomorrow after three weeks of vacation. I plan to wake up at 5 a.m., walk her at 6 a.m., leave at 7:30 a.m. and return at 6:15 p.m., with one pet sitter visit. We shall see.......
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