Karma home alone

I left Karma alone in the house not crated today while I went off to work for a few meetings. I had closed the bedroom doors, but she had the roam of the main part of the house. The only thing I found amiss when I got home was that she had taken one of my winter gloves off a chair in the kitchen area and it was on her comforter. Aside from some dog hair on it, there was no problems with it. A great result.

Skittish

Karma has been doing well. I put her in her crate for 20 minutes Monday night while I ran to the store and she didn't want to go into the crate, I had to drag her to it. I left her this afternoon so I could go to the office and the same reaction. Overall she is doing really well. I was watching a movie last night and when some fireworks went off in the movie, she ran off to the back of the house. She also didn't like the tank fire in the movie. She is overall pretty confident when we go walking, but occasionally she will shy away from a fence where another dog is barking or see something out of the corner of her eye and get spooked. I think it is just getting used to her new surroundings. I need to work on putting treats in the crate at different times so she will be going in the crate more without being shut in. She has been going in and out of the crate, but doesn't want to be told to go in there and left at home.

Settling in

Karma did well last night. She was pacing around a bit in the new environment and was kind of nervous when walking down the block to the mailbox, but she slept on a comforter at the foot of the bed last night and aside from getting up to reposition herself, she seems to have stayed there all night. This morning we got up early and walked the 1.5 mile loop. It started raining about 1/2 way around and she wasn't too happy about that and stopped and looked back at me a few times, but we pressed on until home where I dried her off. She has been laying around on the floor most of the day as I work on the computer. We went out before lunch for a walk in the snow. I put a jacket on her but the flakes kept falling on her face which made her shake. She seemed to take it pretty well and she seemed to start knowing the way to go on the loop. Now she is curled up on the floor in the computer room as I work.

Karma comes home

I picked up Karma this afternoon. I will post some pictures here later. She seems to be doing okay. She has been sniffing around outside and I can't tell if there are general dog smells that interest her or specifically her old buddy Baxter.

Karma

Well, I just read the daily shelter update and the meet and greet with Karma didn't go well and so it looks like I will probably be taking her into foster.

Very quiet

The house has been quiet since Baxter was adopted. After having him so long, it is strange to not have a dog. I thought I was going to foster Karma, but she got an application, so it has been about 3 weeks with no dog. Tonight I was at a dinner where people were sharing their dog pictures and it was strange not to have one.