Oh my goodness, what a long week.
I am starting to feel like a bit of a monster. It is so hard to have a dog in your home who is just TERRIFIED of you. When I approach her crate I walk toward her in a curved line, I look away from her, I lick my lips, and I turn my body to the side, heck, I even get on all four and crawl. And still she sees me approaching and pushes to the farthest corner of her crate, tail tucked and still and doing everything she can to avoid me.
Since the spay surgery on Friday she appears to be slightly more relaxed. That is to say she is doing somewhat better with doorways. Its no longer a 2o minute ordeal to get her in the house. I can now call the other dogs, leave the door open, walk into the next room and when I hear her mad dash through the dining room, into the living room and in her crate I can come back in and shut the door. It is still ridiculous, but it is progress.
I picked up a litter of puppies today (also from Fitchburg) and interested is an understatement. This whole week she has shown no interest in being anywhere except her crate and outside but when the puppies were scurrying about the kitchen she made a quick detour to sniff them through the baby gate.
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