Saturday 7.20.13

Little Miss Gracie decided to sleep some of her night upstairs, then some downstairs, then finish off upstairs. Progress again! When I woke up, she followed me downstairs and went right to the door with me to go outside. More great progress!

 I just can't wait until she doesn't have to wear this "Silence of the Lambs" mask anymore...

“Hello Clarice...”

But, we need to be safe.
I am going to try more time without the muzzle today in Béla's presence, especially after witnessing this a few times:

I am recording this from the top of the stairs - Bela was at the bottom of the stairs thinking about instigating some trouble and not letting someone pass, but Gracie wanted to come upstairs where I was (she is starting to come up when I go up and come downstairs when I go down.) Gracie just passed her without incident. No hissing from cat, no interest from dog. This is a BIG DEAL!!!

She had a playdate with another greyhound this morning to see if that could break her out of her shell a bit in the yard.
Nope.
She laid in the corner like a pouty little kid who didn't want to play.
Oh well....we shall try again and in time she will get better. I just know it!

Back to forcing myself to ignore her a bit and then I'm heading out for a few hours to get her used to me not being here...