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.