Waffles

We saw some new behavior from Luna today while I was cooking dinner. After taking her outside to potty, I came in to cook dinner. Shortly thereafter, Luna shimmied her way into the far corner of the living room and began to whimper. This whimpering and cowering was different from her fear behavior exhibited thus far. Each time she has been afraid or startled up until now, she has taken a step or two back, growled and then barked, gradually coming back to check out whatever it was scared her. We couldn't figure out what was the matter. Marc took her outside to potty again just in case that was the issue, but she didn't want to come back in the house. When she did come back in, she pressed herself up next to the door and resumed her whimpering. We kept thinking she was acting like something was hurting her, but we didn't know what it could be. While she and Dad had been outside, I noticed that the steam coming off of the waffles I was making was hissing very softly and wondered if maybe they were making a sound as they cooked that hurt her ears. Sure enough, when the waffles were done and the waffle maker empty, she was suddenly fine and happy again. Sensitive little puppy ears!

Abbie watches dad and hopes for food, Little Sister watches Big Sister and hopes for love.

Potty training went some better yesterday with no accidents to report. Dad kept her crated in intervals for the first half or so of the day, taking her out specifically to potty then play for a half hour to an hour every 2 hours or so. For the last half of the day, she was let to roam just the living room, again barricaded from the rest of the house. She is doing well with not soiling her den, having stayed in it for about 6 hours last night between the time Marc went to be and the time I came home without pottying. This ability to control her bowels and bladder in her den leads us to believe she is not entirely too young to expect progress with potty training, so we are hopeful that we are on our way to real progress. She is picking up other things (like not jumping up onto people and not biting to love and play) quickly, so we think we are just not communicating what we want very well. We'll just have to work on the message we are sending.