Novelle

This weekend was a big one for Novelle.  Friday after work we (me, Hardy, Queeny, and Novelle) packed up and headed off to Peter's for the weekend.  1st off, let me just say that it is not easy getting 3 dogs packed up and in a car.  It doesn't help that Hardy gets excited every time he sees me packing things, so he riled the other 2 up.

I fully expected Novelle to sit in her crate all weekend, being that she is so shy around people.  Boy was I wrong.  I guess the bond we had formed in those 2 days was enough to glue her to my hip!  As soon as we got in the house, she was standing right next to me wherever I went.  If I sat down, she was on my lap (including while I was trying to eat dinner...she's a little too big for a lap dog).  She allowed Peter and the kids to pet her without getting scared and running away.  By the end of the weekend she was laying next to Luca (11yo high energy boy) on the couch.  The only issue she had all weekend was with Chevelle (male Golden Retriever).  She would growl if he would get too close, but she never snapped at him.  To top the weekend off, my dad stopped by my house yesterday afternoon, and Novelle came right over to him and let him pet her on the head!  Talk about improvement in only a few days!

She's also getting better in her everyday activities.  When we go outside, she doesn't pull away from me when I try to put her leash on.  She's also coming when I ring the bells on the door (as is Queeny).  She did get away from me when I got home yesterday, but she was more interested in exploring than running away.  She stayed in my yard until I tried to grab her leash, then she thought we were playing and we ran all over mine and my neighbor's yards.  

I was for some reason not thinking, and forgot to take pictures of her this weekend.  But Peter and Luca are planning to come visit this weekend, so hopefully I'll get some good ones to post.