Today I told FB I'm thankful for service people who put up with the little old lady version of me. This is because of the ability to laugh at myself on these phone calls to handyman / carpentry folks about making space for the new stove. They ask questions to which I don't have the ghost of a clue how to answer!
In any case, Ember put herself to bed about 8 a.m. and I'm hoping that she lasts through the visit from Jake the handyman! I really do love that she views the wire crate as her safe and valuable space to go when she's sleepy and she knows "it's time".
In the dark of the morning, when it was 37℉, Ember and I had "discussions" again about Mommy's hat. This time I was bending over to pick up one of the glow in the dark balls we'd been getting her exercise with, and she jumped me from behind.
Yikes. I actually went down, this time, phone falling out of the pocket. I reached for the phone, Ember reached for my stocking cap, and off she went joyfully playing "keep away". I picked myself the rest of the way up and let her run off with it, declaring that Mommy was done playing.
She took the hat into her X-Pen, and I shut the gate and left her there while I put myself back together again, physically and emotionally. I got the dog laundry out of the dryer and folded it in her sight while I narrated the rules to her. I doubt she understands the words, but if not for her, for me, I had to repeat the "no hat, no walk" lesson. I did not allow the walk to start until Ember gave me back my hat. I put the hat on, then I did a few "test" scenarios, bending down to attach the leash, etc., to cement the idea that the hat is a part of mommy. She did not take it again. This time. I am grateful.
Two steps forward...
Life is good. Keep on Sparking!
Somebody's going to be sore from that tumble! Glad you seem to have weathered it well.
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Let's not jinx it by making predictions. I don't really feel it yet.
DeleteOh I know. I ask lots of questions that are probably perplexing to the trades people cuz . .. I just don’t know enough about it!
ReplyDeleteYES, that’s good that Ember sees her crate as her safe space. That’s how Miss Lilly sees it, too. Grateful.
OHhhhhh . . . . sorry about your fall, but glad you weren’t hurt. *SIGH*
HOPE she gets the messages about hat and gloves as they are needed as the weather gets colder!
HUGS
Barb
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It's a matter of figuring out how to play "it's your choice" with clothing, so she knows that if she chooses to play keep away she knows it means "no walkies"! She has got better about the gloves, and she hasn't drawn blood or put a hole in my clothing in several weeks... knock wood. The longer she remains calm, the more she learns, the more I'm in love with her. Isn't it the way? Grateful for the intelligence of dogs!
DeleteSore "stuff" will probably show up tomorrow. I'm glad you're okay.
ReplyDeleteToday, post-op doctor's visit for youngest DD. I'm thankful she is healing properly after last week's surgery. 🤗💖
Glad your DD is healing up! May that continue to completion!
DeleteI'm cautiously optimistic that it's Wednesday morning already and I'm not feeling too much of aftereffects.
Yikes! Were it me, I'd take aceteminophen or naproxin to get a head start on any soreness. I don't bounce back up like I used to ...
ReplyDeleteI did not take anything. Small echoes Wednesday morning, but not bad. I'm thinking I lucked out on the angle, and it not being a total flat-out downhill kind of fall, but more of an "up the steps" kind of one. Not as hard on a body.
DeleteGlad to hear the tumble didn't do serious damage and that Ember gave the hat back. She is still a pup isn't she. Huge hugs
ReplyDeleteYes, puppy for probably another year, yet, I'm thinking. Gotta love 'em, they are doing their best!
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