Monday, January 18, 2010

Norah does... something...

I have NO idea what she is trying to accomplish here... and I don't think she does either since she seems to eventually give up...

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Monday, January 11, 2010

Smiles.



proof that Norahdog had a great winter break :) :) :) :)

Updates!

Wow, long time no update! Norah dog and I have been on vacation visiting Kerby so there wasn't much reason to write but now that we are back in Indianola and Kerby is back in Aurora I think it's time to get back to blogging.

Norah is pretty much house trained now. She will go to the bathroom on command outside, even on her short leash. She also doesn't try to go indoors anymore. I'm sure she'll have an accident here or there but for the most part it looks like the work is done. I can't believe someone gave up this dog because "she wouldn't go potty on a leash" (yup, that was one of the stated reasons why she ended up at the rescue agency).

Since Norah seems to be MUCH calmer in her kennel when left home alone, I no longer leave her in the kitchen - I think she likes the way the kennel is like her den (she sleeps in it at night as well). I of course wanted to leave some water in there for her though so I put a bowl of water in it today and when I came back she had tipped the bowl over and was having a great time splashing around in it. She looked at me with her "look what I did!" face when I came home. So, today I went out to PetSmart and got a kennel water thing... it is basically like a gigantic hamster water bottle (see the picture)


Gigantic hamster water bottle

I was worried that Norah wouldn't be able to figure out how to drink from it (it cost $20... a bit steep for some plastic and metal but worth it if it works). To test it out, and to get Norah used to it, I put it on her kennel door and just left the door open. Amazingly, she walked right up to it and started drinking from it like she knew how it worked all along. I wonder if one of her previous homes had something similar?

Anyway, to make a long rambling story short-ish: Norah now poops outside and drinks water like a gigantic hamster.