New Year

Kai has now been with us for 10 months and is now 15 months old. Wow time certainly does fly by quickly. She has grown in many ways but is not too big. She still has trust issues especially when it comes to men. The other day my daughter had a friend over who Kai seemed to like, that is until he decided to fall down the steps. This scared Kai so much that for the rest of the day she barked at him. When he went to leave she walked him out the door and then stood in front of the back door. I think that she would not have let him back in if he had come back. Noises, blankets and quick movements still make her jump. She was only 5 months old when we got her something drastic must have happened to cause her to still be so skittish. On a positive note she is such a joy to watch, if no one plays with her she makes her own fun. She hates being left by herself and is always full of enthusiasm when we walk in the door, she is still not allowed the run of the house. When we leave she is either in the back yard or in her crate. Even when I leave to go to another part of the house she finds something to tear up, even if it is a receipt of the table. One day I hope that we can leave her in the kitchen without finding a disaster, maybe this year. She is such a loving dog and I really love that we got her. She has started playing catch a little better. We gave her a ball that she can drop more easily, on cold days I roll the ball in the house and she runs and gets it and brings it back to me. Outside she still has to remember to come back and she is a little more reluctant to release the ball. I am not sure why but we are making progress, albeit slow. New Year new adventures, and hopefully I will be able to get her out on a walk more often after I finish recuperating after that last fall. Was able to get her for a short walk and then she wanted to play, I think that will be my new goal for when we can not walk a long time, short walk and then play fetch. Plus I need to get her back to the dog park for socialization as she has started really being obnoxious when it comes to dogs passing the gate. She sounds vicious but she really just wants to play. She needs a buddy, besides me.