Lisa and Ernie,
What a great pleasure it was to meet you and your dogs! Thanks so much
for treating us to breakfast, too.
We got in at 5:00 a.m. Flair was a perfect little lady the whole way.
She mostly slept and bonded with Mom and Peter (her pillows). No
accidents. She let us know once she needed to go but, otherwise, our
stops seemed to meet her needs. At Mom's, she was a bit shy but soon
started exploring. When she felt nervous, she'd go straight to Mom
(her comfort zone.) Maggie (Mom's red English Cocker) and Flair
checked each other out and there weren't any issues (other than Flair
trying to get Maggie to play and Maggie just wagging her tail in
return) (Maggie is 14 and mostly sleeps these days.) The 2 cats
are miffed but will get over it once they realize Flair is there to
stay. Flair went out with the collies, too. Peter monitored them and
said they all did fine, as expected. Peter stayed at Mom's to help get
Flair her 4 square meals a day and to get her out for potty breaks.
Mom's exhausted and going to bed. Peter slept in the car and is awake,
so this way Mom doesn't have to worry about it and can sleep as long
as she'd like.
Tango put up a fuss for about a 1/2 hour before he settled in and
talked instead of screeching. He's a hoot. Kyle had woken up with a
bad headache this morning and the screeching was putting him in a foul
mood until he yelled at Tango to 'shut up' and Tango came back with
this sweet 'hello' as though trying to make amends. After that, Kyle
thought he's a pretty cool bird, after all. Spent about 15 minutes
holding and cuddling with Tango after Brian and I got home. He even
was gently grooming the hairs on my forehand after a few minutes. But
now I've got to get some sleep. It's official, I've been up for 24
hours straight (after about 3 1/2 hours sleep the night before). I am
well and truly beat!
Will write more soon. Have a great Sunday!
Karen