As instructed, we feed Dog at 7pm and have been thrusting him out into the backyard at 9 to take care of necessities, and it has worked fairly well although we have had a few incident of barking in the night. However, for the last few nights, I have added a walk after Sue goes to bed. She goes to bed at 9, and I will take him out for maybe twenty minutes sometime within the next hour or two.
Somewhat surprisingly, upon our return, he turns up our driveway without prodding, no matter from which direction we are approaching.
On one dark pilgrimage, I appreciated that the house up the street is really well done up well for Halloween.
I do like this next photo, however. The light caught him nicely on the couch one afternoon.
We still have almost six weeks to go.
Cool decorations in some of those places. No Halloween decorations like that in my neighborhood!
ReplyDeleteI've seen them in town.
Well, another walk at night seems to be a good thing? Maybe?
My dogs will growl or bark when they hear something off or a noise they can't figure out.
No one gets down our driveway without their attention.
Beautiful night shots.
So far, the weather has been palatable, and I can skip it if necessary.
DeleteI can't imagine being forced to alter many decades of routine for a couple months. It would likely feel like an eternity to me.
ReplyDeleteWe had thought it was just five weeks. Just five!!!
DeleteI once babysat a dog named Poopy, of all things. He was elderly, blind and deaf. And because of that, i took care of him at his house. He went outside, took a lap around the yard and returned, all due to his sense of smell. He could tell where he was...except if the wind was blowing hard or it was raining. The first day I sat him, he lost his way in the rain. I ran around the condominium complex yelling 'poooooooooopy!' Until I remembered he was deaf and couldn't hear me.
ReplyDeleteHe's not quite blind or deaf, but he's getting there.
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