Oh:

Yes, Newbie is being transitioned from shelter habits to pet habits. I'm declining a lot of invitations this trip so I can keep her on short cycles for everything, and prompt her to the next activity instead of playing keep-up-with-anxiety stuff. And I'm doing things in such a way that her bond with Faulkner strengthens. For example they have negotiated how to both be in the kitchen now, and use their faces and voices instead of teeth, to fine tune proximity.

I'm using the same separation zones to keep her in view, no matter what I'm doing, as we have in PA. Great for interrupting and redirecting all sorts of mischief.

Today that all means, for me, what athletic trainers call an 'active rest day'--- where you reckver from something past your limit by moving, not crashing So the dogs hang with me on while I do a short task, and then we all go sit. Newbie's 'go sit' spot is the recliner across the living room, viewed easily over my book while I read a short chapter or two. I'm so sore from ydy's garden work that I need a recovery day or two.

So I'm only up to 800 steps so far today.

~Susan