When we first got Ziva, she was too small to play with the big dog and to energetic to be loose in a big house with 5 people so we emptied the dining room of furniture(the only piece we didn't remove- an antique secretary, got ruined one day when my DH took a nap) and closed it off, put some yoga mats and beach chairs on the floor and it became the place for us to hang out. I thought it would be for a few weeks- we spent 6 months stepping over those barricades! But the constant interaction was well worth it- Ziva is very much a well trained people loving dog! |