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Camera never lies!
Well, what a difference a change in tactics can make! Not a peep out of Rupert at all last night - not even the usual complaints this morning either, in fact he was so quiet I was wondering if he might have done something to himself. So it seems our new nightly plan is working well so we will obviously stick to it.
With the above in mind I decide to crack on with the separation stuff today, I tried some yesterday but Rupert just complained a lot (well not as much as he has been doing, but still not happy) so today I thought I'd try again but do the same thing as we did last night when I leave him.
So at around 9.30 am I put him into his crate and sit for 5 mins watching the TV and then leave the house after I've turned his radio on. I leave the house and have a listen at the door and nothing so then I walk to tesco pick up a few essentials and half an hour later I return, have another listen at the door and still nothing :) So lots of progress on the separation front which is good news.
It's been hot here again today and Rupert has been quite sleepy because of it, but between naps we do some more harness training and I also start his grooming sessions as well (checking his ears, eyes, teeth, paws and the like). While I'm at it I also give his belly a wash down since it was looking rather dirty and he handled that well too, so it might be a good grounding to get him used to having a bath at some point.
While Rupert was sleeping I got on with some housework and attacked the kitchen. I gave all of it a good clean down including all the cupboard doors and shelves and a bit of rearranging where necessary. I also cleaned the oven too and cleaned all the glass doors in the house. I got the vacuum out again as well and Rupert was again a bit shy around it but was walking past it without putting his tail between his legs which is an improvement on yesterday.
Phil gets home relatively early tonight and as he's bought himself a new toy we thought we'd give it a go. It's a Canon MV960 camcorder which while undoubtedly a natty little device, i won't be going anywhere near the wrong side of the view finder!
Posted by Abi on the June 30, 2006 9:50 PM
[q]without putting his tail between his legs which is an improvement on yesterday. [/q]
's long as he's not lifting a leg while passing it should be OK.