Thought I would show you:
Here is the difference a little time and patience can do
Penny Lane on her first day home - hiding under the table
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...5/fc2794fa.jpg
Penny Lane several weeks after - look how relaxed and happy she is!!!
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...3/fc040f07.jpg
Now don't get me wrong - for every 2 steps forward there is one step back. Penny still gets spooked easily and the fight with Leo definitely didn't help, but when I see her relaxed and happy, it makes it all worth it.
And Micki76 is absolutely correct - using a calm everyday voice.
Ok, Now I really think Bailey is sending a message...
My husband just called me at work....So, I REALLY think Bailey is jealous....
James is finally warming up to my husband a tiny bit this morning after I left for work. I had already taken Bailey and James out for a walk and they both did their business.
Bailey started barking at Brian because he was petting James, then she bit my husband (nip, not enough to draw blood), then she peed in the bedroom!
While my husband was cleaning the bedroom, BAILEY WENT IN THE KITCHEN AND PEED IN JAMES' FOOD DISH!
My mother in law said last night that she thought Bailey was doing the "any attention, even negative attention, is attention". But the thing is....we are still giving Bailey loads of attention!
**sigh** this is gonna be a long week.
Ok, Maybe I spoke too soon....
I think I spoke too soon....Bailey was in RARE form this morning with my husband.
Bailey was trying to play with James, he just kept laying there. She peed almost on him, then my husband ran over to clean up the mess. While he was cleaning up the first pee, she ran over and peed in front of James' crate. Then while my husband was cleaning that, she did a huge dump on a shopping bag in the bedroom.
Then she ran into the den and peed on the rug next to the front door. All of this after she had already been let outside and did a #1 and #2.
The only reason I knew anything was wrong was because when I came home at lunch to let the dogs out, the apartment reeked of a combination of Clorox wipes, Pinesol, Febreze, and Nature's Miracle Odor Spray.
oh my god, this is gonna be a long week.....