A NEW WAY OF BEING AT WORK
Our office remodel is complete and we're all moved back in. The floor is now brand-new carpet and I dare not have any puppy accidents on the carpet. So I had to take a crate to work for Joey today. I chose the black wire crate that is a medium size. Good for Joey's age when measured in months, not going to work for him as an adult.
Added to all the other sudden financial crises, my truck is now grating metal-on-metal when I come to a stop which means it stays home until I am able to have the brakes repaired. We took the RV to work this morning and Joey rode in BJ's crate in the front seat and he upchucked a little bit during the ride, just fluid since he had not had any breakfast yet.
I meant to bring a rug for him to use in the office but forgot so he'll have to spend the day in the crate with the only outs being for potty breaks and building check. Joey was wonderful, just plain wonderful, about relaxing in the crate for the whole day. I started off in the morning by feeding him breakfast dropped in little bits down through the crate. Joey enjoyed finding these and eating them.
The crate is under the new workstation countertop, right next to me, so it's a matter of grab treats, drop in crate, with hardly any effort at all. Joey did no demanding to be let out, no scrabbling at the crate door, nothing, just nice calm, relaxing. Each time I took him out, he went back in on his own and we've only done little bits of crate training!
Since we are involved in the Fourth of July weekend, I'm really keeping a low profile with the dogs. We aren't going anywhere, we aren't going out in the backyard much, we're just staying inside running all four fans and the TV. So far, noBeardie has had any problems with the neighbor's whistlers or driveway fireworks. ME on the other hand, yikes! I can't stand to see what they do. They have a huge motor home parked in their driveway and they set off these things that shoot sparks all over and jitter around on the ground. They jitter and dance under the motor home. Is that moronic or what? Makes me crazy.
We napped for most of the afternoon. Then we had some dog play time in the backyard, limited by Marcus not wanting to play with Joey so I had to keep blocking Marcus from Joey. I put the dogs inside, did a little weed-eating, then we have a short session in the backyard. Marcus actually ran around with Joey and engaged in some wrestling which is not that easy with a clear plastic one on one's head! He must be feeling better which is a relief.
We then had a nice, calm, cuddle on the couch with Joey's head in my lap and no FRAPs from BJ. Just nice massaging session, got him all sleepy, then off to bed. Joey is turning out to be such a wonderful fit with our family. The Havanese both seem to really enjoy him. They've done an excellent job raising him. Joey's very lucky to have such good small dog buds.
Nothing new today which, for the 3rd of July, is a Very Good Thing. Let's keep it that way through tomorrow night too.