Ahh, some peace and quiet at 7am. Jasmine has been up running around and is taking a nap! Time to update the blog! Traveling with a blind-deaf dog, and a puppy to boot, does bring with it some challenges. Overall, the puppy has been extremely good! She's been with us for a week now and the changes are apparent. She is growing like a weed and I had to move her to a taller puppy pen, as she can now reach the top of the other one. It was just a matter of time before she figured out how to go over! I'd rather that she didn't know about that possibility! She traveled very well ... a 14 hour car ride is enough to make anybody stir crazy! We stopped often to let her potty and run around and she rewarded me by sleeping most of the way. Of course, once we got here, she was wide awake and ready to run zoomies everywhere while I was very tired and wanted to go to bed.
Treasure is always a great traveler, always ready for a new adventure that riding in the car brings. Even though she knows her touch commands well, she was very distracted by all the new smells along the way and often chose not to potty at our stops. She smelled every new inch of every rest area and gas station along the way and got annoyed with me when the leash wouldn't allow her to proceed as far as she would have liked.
Treasure has decided that she is no longer amused by puppy antics. Jasmine barks at her and tries to get her to play, bouncing on top of her head. Treasure has become a bit more jumpy when touched now, jumping up and expecting to have it be Jasmine. Overall, though, she is still very tolerant.
There are some dangers here that I don't have to worry about at home, so I have to be vigilant. There are many steps here with a railing on the landing. Treasure is used to her small set of steps to get to my bed, but we do not have a longer flight of steps at home. While it would be easy to gate off the steps, the railing has openings that are big enough for her or Jazzy to fit through, and knowing Treasure, she would need to go investigating! But Treasure is quite content to hang out in the big guest room with my large suitcase gating off the doorway. It is her new home away from home. She has an open crate and her blankie, and bones and food puzzle toys to keep her busy. And she gets lots of cuddle time, too, of course.
Treasure is really enjoying the big bed here, that she doesn't have to share with any of the other dogs! Although I did put Jasmine up on it last night to pose for pictures. Jazzy does not yet understand the concept of height, so ran off of the edge a couple times. I was right there and caught her, but also let her gently tumble to the floor so she might learn to respect drop offs. It worked and after the second tumble, she stopped herself at the edge each time. I'm not sure how much of a drop off she can see, but she did start to feel for the edge with her foot and then stop herself. When she couldn't get to me and there was nothing else left to do, she finally settled down near the edge where Treasure was lying, and I got a cute picture of them both. Oops, Jazzy's up, gotta run!
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