Back Steps!

Emme has learned how to go down the back steps off the porch to go out to the yard. Why it took her this long to figure them out is a mystery. She has been going down the steps from the second floor to the first floor for a week or so but has been reluctant to go down the two steps from the porch to the back lawn. Well, she can do it now, another step toward maturity.

We continue to play “leave it” but we have an addition to the game. When I sit on the floor with Emme, Rudy comes right along and lays down next to me. Whenever I give Emme a treat and say “Take it,” Rudy gets a treat too. We have been working with leftover puppy kibble at home so I know that the game is not interfering with Emme’s meals. She seems to get it, but let’s see when we go back to smelly chicken hot dogs if she still will leave it alone. It may be easier to resist kibble than hot dogs.

Her incision continues to heal and we are no longer using the pain medication. The end of the incision near the middle of her belly, it think it is where they removed the umbilical hernia, is the reddest; the rest looks pretty quiet and is beginning to look more like a scar than in incision.

Her coat is looking better too with a few weeks of growth. She looked so naked and skinny when she came back from the groomer and now the hair is about 1/4 to 1/2 inch long and she looks fluffier. Much better.