Saturday, November 17, 2007

Charlie's first long day in the crate

I left the house at 10:15 a.m. today and returned about 8 hours later; I was volunteering at PAWS. I walked Charlie twice before leaving - about 45 minutes around 7 a.m. and 15 minutes right before I left. Charlie went into her crate willingly! I tell her it's nap time each time I lead her to the crate.

Charlie had her very first pet visit, with Jennifer of Pet Loving Care. Jennifer writes incredibly funny notes and spent a whopping one hour with Charlie, to get to know her.

Charlie was sleeping when I arrived home. This was the longest I'd been away, but I kept the arrival low key. I have decided to talk to her in soothing tones when I come home. I asked Charlie if she enjoyed her nap. The routine when I return to work will be to immediately go outside, let Charlie relieve herself, and get the mail, so that's what we did.

No. of accidents in the house today: one. She was kind enough to go on the floor, not the carpet. Don't know when it occurred. I was really tired and not paying attention.

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