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Anastasia and I had to go to California in the middle of June for Virginia�s graduation. I already mentioned this to Millie before I picked up Montana. But she said if Montana doesn�t get adopted before that, then she or another ESRA member could watch him for that week. Millie hasn�t put up Montana�s information on ESRA�s adoption page yet, but when I looked on that page, I saw that the pictures I had taken so far really didn�t look as good as most of the pictures on the adoption page. So to get better pictures (which would attract more potential adopters), Montana, Anastasia and I took a walk around campus. |
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Jean the post-doc said Montana looks like the Sphinx in this picture. |
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Montana doesn't pull at all, except when he sees a squirrel. And he even "Stay" outdoors on campus when I tell him to. Sometimes when training a dog, the dog would only do the command when at home, because that's where the practice was done. But Montana even listens when he's outside. Montana saw a squirrel. Even though Montana's pretty gentle, he's prone to separation anxiety. So even though he's not hyper, I think he would still need to exercise everyday, so he won't get bored and starts chewing on the furniture or worrying about his humans. After our walk and got back to the apartment, he went to take a nap immediately. A tired dog is a good dog. |
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Montana with some late blooming azaleas. Walking with a dog around campus certainly brought back memories of walking with Penelope. Penelope and I always took the same route when we walked on campus. With Montana, I tried to take detours, but always ended up back on the same route a few minutes later. But I did remember to walk around into the parking lot to avoid stepping on the spot where Penelope died. |
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Montana with Anastasia (in the backpack). |
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Samford Hall. |
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I also put some of Penelope�s old boots on him just for fun. And he accepted them immediately also. He walked a little funny at first, but it was if he had been wearing them for a month. |
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The weather's getting hot, and Montana's pretty smart that he found out that he can stay cool on the kitchen floor and the bathroom floor. Also I decided to take out Penelope�s Cool (water) bed for him. Penelope didn�t use it much because she slept on my bed most of the time. I didn�t let Penelope sleep next to me until one year after I got her because I always heard that dogs sleep in their own little beds next to their owner�s bed. But after six months I had her, I moved her bed onto my bed, and she still slept in her own bed even though her bed was on my bed. Then six months after that, I just couldn�t resist, and allowed her to sleep right next to me. Later I found out that a lot of trainers said it�s not good to let the dog sleep on the bed, because the dog would think they are on the status as the humans. However, there are some trainers who think it�s okay as long as you can tell the dog to get �Off� when you want. That�s when Penelope learned the �Off� command. But she always knew I was the mom, so it was never difficult for me to get her off the bed. But she did growl at Virginia once when she was trying to get Penelope off the bed when she stayed with her for one week when I come to check out Auburn before we moved here. I didn�t know if Montana�s new parents would let him sleep on their bed, so I had him sleep on the blanket on the floor at first, then on his water bed. Besides, my bed would serve as sanctuary for Anastasia at night, when she knew she would be safe snuggling with me, and not have to worry about Montana stepping on her. And for several days, I thought Montana was so good keeping off my bed. But one afternoon when I came home from school, I saw him jumping off the bed as he saw me through the window! Oh well, at least he�s smart enough to know not to do it when I�m around. |
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