Rosie with a few pictures*

*Update* We’ve had our first "incident" between Amos and Rosie… Amos loves to carry things downstairs and up for us. He is also a real jokester who likes to "steel" things and wait for us to notice. Then he laughs (wags tail) and we make a big deal over it. Today, he carried something super insignificant (he’s never even seen it before) downstairs. He was laying with it between his paws and Rosie got too close. Mich was petting him and he snapped at her. She ran, I yelled (probably shouldn’t have but I was startled) at him NO, and Mich and I took the thing away from him. I went to Rosie to calm her and Amos eventually came out to see me and he sniffed Rosie. I put him in a submissive side lay position in front of Rosie. He actually went belly up on his own. I actually think he got it that time. BIG no no. We are NOT sending this girl back. No way no how.*

Things are good here this first morning without Mich home. Mich got up at 4:45 like usual and did her normal thing. She let them out and then left. Amos came up to bed with me and I heard Rosie downstairs moving around a bit, but we all fell back to sleep.

They ate great this morning and did their thing outside. Rosie is still afraid of the stairs and will only go up and DOWN now with the leash on. We are sorta wondering if maybe she was let out of the greenhouse only on a leash and so that’s why she won’t come/go from the house without it. I’ll have to ask the rescue about it when they call. She got a bit nervous when I did yoga (in the living room) this morning, but eventually calmed down. I’m leaving her all alone for the very first time this morning when I take Amos for a walk. She was still a bit anxious about the stove being on, but I think she’s starting to notice that good things happen in the kitchen.

She really is a doll. She is so stinking HAPPY and very very observant. I tried putting on Air Buddies for her. She intently watched about 10 minutes of it… walking up to the TV a few times and looking around behind the TV to see where they pups where.

10 minutes was all that she could take though. I keep worrying that she’s bored because a lot of things make her anxious, and she doesn’t know what toys are, plus we can’t take toys out right now because we don’t want any aggression from Amos. Amos still hasn’t warmed up to her, but my god is her being really really good with her. For instance, this picture…. usually, this would have through him into a wrestling match with Buster… Rosie’s the one standing.

He’ll warm up to her soon.

Mich read over her paperwork last night. I read everything already, but it was good that Mich did too because she caught things that I didn’t. Like the fact that a lot more than just one paper says that she’s 11 years old… not 9 like we thought. And that we needed to be going out and practicing leaving them alone a lot more than we had. So, last night we sat in the car and made out for 15 minutes while the kids practiced being alone together. LOL Mich also read that we should give her time and space away from all the changes and newness. She’s been doing so so good. After I finish writing this, I’m going to leave her alone and give Amos a walk, and then she’ll have her first walk alone with me… just around the block.

In other news…. I got to see my niece and nephew on New Year’s day. They are so cute… My niece has recovered perfectly from her illness that almost killed her in the first couple months of life and boy is she a happy baby.

The first picture…. I’m asking Toryn to show me how he can be a monkey… And I just love the second picture.