Thanks for the ideas. Yesterday when I went home at noon she had been out of the kennel and alone all morning (3 hrs) and she met me at the door with such enthusiasm it bordered on panic. I took her for a quick walk and loved her up and then I noticed she had not eaten one single bite of her food. I tried to feed her fresh cut up pieces of chicken and she refused ! I had to put her in the kennel for the rest of the afternoon knowing she hadn't eaten a bite all day. When i returned later right on regular schedule she finally ate and acted normal. Today hubby is home as usual but the schedule will be changing too soon. We have sort of planned to keep leaving her out in the morning and see if she will adjust. Then I will walk her and love her for an hour around noon and kennel her all afternoon just like she has been for her whole short life. I will leave HGTV on in the mornings
and the radio on in the afternoon as usual. (She loves her afternoon naps, during the weekends when we're home and don't kennel her all day she is whimpering to be held so she can sleep). She NEVER gets into anything, NEVER has destroyed anything, never chews or makes any messes and seldom has pottie accidents either. In fact we marvel constantly at how easy and adorable she is and how quickly she learns and is willing to please. We got sooo lucky! She doesn't bark, isn't yappy, goes to everyone, loves kids, loves to ride in the car and loves her walks. She is AWESOME! She does insist on leaving her toys everywhere tho. Has to have about ten of them out and about at all times and several bully bones. Hubby laughs and tells me how I would never allow our children to leave debris all over our floors! sPOILED ROTTEN LITTLE SOPH! X0X0X0X0