Ebby ventures forth - a little bit!

[ChrisH]

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Number3

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Number 4

[ChrisH]

She left the room not long after I took this last one. She is now back in her room, wondering, no doubt, as it is nearly midnight, if she is ever going to get any supper!

[SANDY FROST]

Wow brave Ebby venturing out to the wilds of your house.
In no time she run the house.
Sandy Frost

[jenluckenbach]

it is hard to not take a setback personally (I know that I have in the past) but it is a learning experience for her and she is deciding how to deal with it. Each time she comes across the same "problem" she will handle it better and recover faster.

How do I kow this????? Calvin has lived through many setbacks,some so severe that I cried, but he always bounces back and faster each time. (our next hurdle is the vet's office, I think we will be dissappointed again)

[lynnestankard]

Oh wow - Ebby the Brave Girl! Looks like she's getting settled in Chris - great news. I bet time will come when she curls up with Bob and you think 'Did they ever NOT get on'!! Good Luck.

Lynne

[ChrisH]

I bet time will come when she curls up with Bob and you think 'Did they ever NOT get on'!!

Thanks Lynne for putting that picture in my mind. I hope you are right and one day I will be able to post it for real. lol

Ebby has been hiding away all day today, I think she is mad at me! lol Last night, around 10 past midnight, she came back in my room, jumped on the bed (picture attached) jumped off and disappeared. I knew where she had gone though, I have a clothes rail with a zip-up cover, she had been under there earliar on. Anyway, after I undressed I chased her out and back to her room. All day today she has been under the sofa bed, around 4.30 I took her her food, she still stayed under there, went back two minutes later and she was sitting in the middle of the room. Ok, leave her alone, leave the door open, come in here and switch on the computer. After a little while I thought Id better go see where she was, not in her room, not gone downstairs cos Bob would have barked or something, come back in my room, yes, she`s in the wardrobe thingy. Unzipped it, out she runs, back in her hidey hole and there she has stayed! Again!

[Pam]

Chris these pictures are just great and I love your captions! I really like the ones of her peeking around the railing. When I brought Bella into my home almost two years ago she was only 5 lbs. and not threatening at all. Nevertheless my two boys, who had lived with dogs all of their lives, went into hiding.....and this was THEIR house! hehe! Andy sought refuge in the basement and Trevor lived under my bed on the second floor. This was all because Bella was confined to the first floor until she had mastered potty training. I was beside myself with worry about how they were acting and the guilt was awful. I sooo much wanted them to all get along. It took a while but finally they all came together and seem quite comfortable with each other. Every now and then Bella will nudge them with her nose (while they are sleeping....which is a lot! LOL) to get them to play. Trevor ignores her, yawns and goes back to sleep. If she is persistent, Andy will leave the room. He takes naptime seriously! LOL! Eventually they all wind up back together again. I think things are going along pretty well considering the short time Ebby has been with you. Keep that positive outlook and of course keep those pictures coming!

[ChrisH]

Thanks Pam, it is good to hear about your experience. I have to say I wish Bob would go hide like that! lol. To be fair though he has been very good about being locked in his crate for a couple or so hours these last few evenings, I know he uses his crate a lot, in a way it is his den, his secure place but being locked in is a different thing.
Ok, it has taken me quite a time to write this reply because Ebby is out of her self imposed exile and has been busy exploring again, and I have been busy taking pictures again! And watching where she was going, what she is doing. I wish she would decide where her resting place is! She tried the wardrobe thingy but Id left it unzipped so that wouldn`t do, the side of the bed, no good, ditto this side by me, the windowsill? no. I have just taken her picture lying on the chair, looks like she is going to settle for that for a while.
I think I will go check how these pictures have come out, then maybe post them on a new thread.

Chris

[SANDY FROST]

BEFORE YOU KNOW IT . BOB AND EBBY WILL BE IN SEPERATABLE.
SANDY FROST

[ChrisH]

Sandy, I sure hope you are right cos that would be my best ever Christmas present!

[SANDY FROST]

Yuri hated Baxter when he frist came to live with us. Now you can't
keep them apart. Baxter looks up to his Uncle Yuri. It will take time. I had a Golden R. dog who was 4 or 5 at the time and I brought home Gus a stray no one wanted. Will they weren't friends but left each other alone and didn't fight.
Sandy Frost

[krazyaboutkatz]

These are great pics of Ebby. She's really making herself at home.