After being sad about Lucy's state yesterday, I decided to start making it better. What were things to cease the "shut down"?, I wondered. We went through the Chic-Fil-A drive thru. Lucy picked her head up and ate some chicken nuggets. We rode around in a shopping cart, just like "old times". I bought her a new harness and a little coat at Petco. When we got back home, I put the harness on her, and made her go for a walk. She was terrified and hated it. I pulled her along, one teeny step at a time. We made it to the stop sign near our house and then returned home. What was once was a five minute walk, took over twenty. But we did it. We have practiced walking about inside, from the front door to her dog bed. We keep practicing walking. She is made to walk herself to the food bowl, where she will now eat. She can't remember any of the routes that we have practiced. But the good new is that she has ceased the shut down.
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Kerry Robinson
11/3/2015 06:01:59 am
Oh, the magic of some Chic-Fil-A nuggets! I know you are happy that the shut down has stopped. I am SO thankful that you are such good parents that you will take such time and care working on all of Lucy's routes and routines to make things a little less scary for her. Continued thanks for updating the blog. I hate to be far away while this is happening. I would like to be there to give her lots of kisses!!
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