Mini blinds

I was working from home the other day and there was a squirrel in the front yard and Ryan was going wild at the front door/window. I told him to stop and he went to the front bedroom and went wild there. I believe that is what really happened to the mini blinds in the front bedroom and the laundry room. It wasn't separation anxiety but it was him going wild for some squirrels. We have a good number of squirrels in the backyard and he chases them a lot. The other day there were 3 at once and it made him go wild. One came back down the post of the deck and headed for a tree and he was right there after him. The squirrel headed up the tree and Ryan jumped for it and jumped right through the separated trunks of the cedar.

Busy weekend for me

I left Ryan at the shelter this weekend because I was working on the race we put on at work. It is a big affair and I worked > 24 hours this weekend on it. He seemed fine at the shelter. They had him in with Keela because they had Troy in with Brody. Everyone seemed to get along fine and he was happy to see me Sun. afternoon when I came to pick him up.

Sunday night was another insomnia fest for Ryan. He was up a couple of times and I finally got up with him before 5am. Last night was different and I need to figure out the thing that worked. After working on the computer while he laid around last night, I took him for a walk to the Walgreens which is a little less than a mile away and then we walked back. We went to bed after that and I was the first one to wake up at 2am and since I was up for a sec, I let him out. He came right back to the bedroom and laid down. When the alarm went off at 6am, he hadn't gotten me up again, but he was in bed with me lying on the other side of the body pillow I sleep with. I know he shouldn't be allowed to sleep in the bed because he is a foster, but he has gotten up there before after waking me a few times and slept there while I finished sleeping and it seems to be the thing that keeps him laying still/sleeping. I guess I will have to experiment with that.

Catchup

Well, I have been remiss in doing my blogging. Ryan is doing about the same. He has had 2 accidents in the house at night in the past 2 weeks. My schedule/energy level has been such that I haven't been giving him a good walk at the end of the day and his sleeping / accidents are the result. He knows to go outside and he doesn't go in his crate, but he is just laying around the house while I veg at the TV or work at the computer and then he doesn't sleep through the night and he doesn't necessarily get me up. What is odd is that he does get me up during the night (I haven't been sleeping well because he has been sleeping well but before bedtime) and he is waking me. I wonder why he has had the 2 accidents if he is waking me and going out early in the morning. The accidents have both been in the sitting room off of my bedroom where the crate used to be. I wonder if there is a relationship with the crate?

This past weekend was Barktoberfest. I took Ryan out there with me and left him laying tied to a pole while I was putting up the popups and then he came around with me. I left him with Michelle while I ran an errand in the uhaul and then he walked around with me or he laid at Michelle's feet behind the volunteer registration table. He doesn't really care for these crowded events and goes to hide behind/under a table.

Ringo got adopted this weekend. The shelter has been really placing a lot of dogs and the list of dogs was way down this weekend. The people that adopted Ringo inquired about Ryan, but they have kids and that just doesn't work with Ryan. I am hoping to find a home for him where he can be with another dog. I think he could use an active dog friend to help him release some of his excess energy. He plays with all the other dogs at the shelter and does really well with other dogs that like to play or dogs that are mellow. I think the ones that want to play are a better match though as he could use to run off some of his energy.