First Day with the Dog

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Since I'm still not sure about her waste elimination habits, I was going to put Piper in her crate overnight with a toy and soft pad to lie on. She's a fairly quiet dog (I was worried about that, with the yappy small dogs I've known!), but once she was in there, she started making sad little noises: I'm pretty sure they were almost-whimpers. I lay down in front of the crate for a little while, talking to her and petting her through the bars. Then I gave up on being able to leave here in there without ending up in tears and let her back out. Danae encouraged me to sleep in the couch with her for a few nights, so that's where I was this morning when Nathan got up to get ready for work. That got me up early, which is good; I like being an early riser, but it's hard to do for me. Maybe the dog will make a difference there.

She just got a couple of walks around the block, breakfast, and her insulin and is looking pretty happy. We played with one of her toys a little bit; she loves taking her little stuffed turtle and whipping it back and forth in her jaws. She's definitely a terrier!