Today we have had Zeldie for one whole week, yet each day that passes I have more and more trouble imagining our life without her. It seems to me the house was so empty before and we didn't even know it. We can't believe how much she has grown. Already her nose looks longer and when she straightens up she looks a little taller. She is becoming a confident little puppy. When I look back at the videos from the first day I laugh watching her sniff, as I see how unfamiliar everything was to her and how curious she was about her new surroundings. Now, her home is familiar to her and she has moved on from sniffing to chewing everything in sight. She doesn't like to wander too far from it on walks and she is beginning to get a routine schedule down of activity and napping. Yesterday, we left her in the crate for 4 hours while David was at swim practice and I was at work and she did fine. I bought some of the special treats the instructor called puppy crack and we have been practicing her voluntary attention and she has been getting the hang of it. Tomorrow we leave for Texas for four days. It is harder than I thought it would be to leave her. After all, she is just a dog. But, fortunately, I know we are leaving her in very good hands and that makes it comforting. But, I try not to think about the leaving part, I try only to think about the returning part.
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