The shelter being overcrowded, and my having appeared yesterday aftn to visit her to exchange Biscuit-scented items to aid introducing Faulkner to her presence in his territory, I gave in to the shelter staff's plea to take her early. So I brought her home before prep had been completed. What a rollercoaster yesterday was!

She's fretted loudly and F was doing his best to show her the ropes. I think she is less socialized than we thought, but we have two weeks before it's final and I am plannning to ride it out. No accidents so far.... but she srsly needed to chill and I almost gave her a chill pill. It got better in the evening when Hardi took F upstrs and I gave her an offlead tour of the dnstrs! Since she got home she's eventually self-soothed off to napland. Too briefly!

By mid-evening she'd hit her limit of fretting: as soon as Hardi turned out the lights for a little TV watching, she crashed on my lap and began dreaming all her adjustments. Then she happily went outside with Faulkner (thru the kitchen door out to DogWorld), and was put to bed in the laundry room with her own bed and kitteh company.

The highlight of Day one was definitely that lovely BIG snoring lap-nap. Close and calm bonding. She's about the size of what was surgically removed. (It's better for that weight to be alive, loving, responsive-- and have its own legs!!!)

That sleep and bonding definitely allowed some mental re-sorting, because there were no overnight accidents despite plenty of room and a long bedtime drink. She was completely calm when I let her out and then into the kitchen while I made brekky. Then she sat herself quietly in my recliner while I breakfasted with Jesus elsewhere, Faulkner betwwen us in case of crumbs.

After brekky, she cheerfully yielded the recliner till I was settled, and went right back to sleep belly to belly.

She stirred at sunrise to alert on the sound of birdehs calling us from the ramp, where I'd already planned a good romp with the two doggehs... combined with "who owns the door" 001.

Later it will be even warmer for a yard orientation on the 25' lunge line.

Off to a good start-- basic household structure and territorial constraints.

~S~