Good morning everyone. Summer arrived yesterday.It was a pretty traumatic day for her as the took her puppies from her and then she had to come to a new home with me.
She peed on the pee pad in the kitchen as soon as I brought her in. She ate well and Wallee seemed to welcome her as he does all visitors. I put her in her crate for a bit for a nap and then let her out. She wants to follow us around and looks for lots of petting and lap sitting. I took her out back when the rain broke for a bit and she seemed happy to see outside for the first time in months. After she and Wallee went to the bathroom I brought them in. Wallee being his ordinary self wanted to play with his toys. When I threw them for him, Summer actually got little excited and wanted to play too...NOT...first bit of jealousy and snappy by Wallee over toys. I put the toys away and stopped playing as I could see that was going to be a stresser. She slept well last night in her crate and I brought her back out to her pad where she peed no problem. When I replaced it she pooed on the new one. I replaced it again. She was wanting out of the kitchen with Wallee and the rest of us so I let her out. She has had few pee accidents on the carpet even though I have pads down so it seems like she will only use them if I put her in the kitchen.
This morning when she was sniffing at Wallee's face I heard a growl from him......twice...again when she came to me to be petted at the same time as him. I put her back in the crate and gave some love to Wallee. She is out again, and they are sleeping one on each side of me on the couch..
So....looking for advice on how to make sure that Wallee doesn't change into a grumpy bear and start growling and biting. Since we are having rain for the next week it looks like walking together is going to be a no go. |