Notes and Picture from September 14, 2012

Not much of interest to tell today.  Pretty much a standard day.

The only thing of any real interest is that, like any puppy this age, Echo has started chewing more. 

We've been successful in keeping her from chewing on things she shouldn't.  (Once again, we are getting lots of practice with "drop", and she is responding well. ... To a point where, jokingly, I am concerned she might think her name is "Drop".)

The rawhide chew toy that Jean and Pan dropped off with her was destroyed a few days ago.  So, today, I bought a couple of basic rawhide bones, until we can get to PetSmart and get something decent for her.

Because of the nature of these toys, both dogs only gets to chew on them for fairly short amounts of time, and are heavily supervised when doing so.  I don't want either of them to ingest any chunks of rawhide that could cause stomach problems later. 

The only other minor point of interest is that I finally got around to stuffing Echo's Kong toy with her food, covering the open end with peanut butter, and putting it in the freezer, like Jean suggested.

There hasn't been a need for it.  The way we were told to use it was put it in her crate with her, when she is locked in there, and no one is around.  Well, other than the couple of times I have crated her and taken her on errands in the truck, she has never been crated with no one around.  So, she has never been in the crate for more than 10 minutes with no one around.  In fact, most of the time she is in the crate, the door is open, someone is within her sight, and generally within arm's reach.  We are trying hard to establish the crate as her "safe place", not a prison.

To the best of my knowledge, Amy hasn't taken any pictures of her, today.  I've taken one.

It's caption is:  "It's a shame no one in this house loves Echo, but Kevin."

(That's Amy in the pen, by the way. I think that's the first picture of her on this blog.  ... She isn't in most of the pictures because she takes most of the pictures.)