After a very quiet week, Shadow is finding her voice. She is now feeling more confident and at home and has decided it is her right to defend where Mum is staying to all comers. Thankfully the people who own it like dogs and aren\u2019t put off when Shadow roos at them. The lady even coped when she was fussing Shadow in a brief moment of quiet and, out of nowhere, Shadow woofed in her face. She had a good bark at both our maternal grandparents too. They\u2019ve known her long enough not to be daunted, which is a good job. Mum is trying to use hand signals and disapproving looks to explain to Shadow that this behaviour is not acceptable. It turns out that one advantage for Shadow of being deaf is that she can pretend not to understand!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shadow\u2019s determination and strong will is also reasserting itself. She is quite adamant that she doesn\u2019t want to go in the car. She has refused point blank to walk up the ramp. Mum however has lived with our breed for a long time. She knows what we\u2019re like and is quite adept and taking no notice of our tantrums. Shadow doesn\u2019t want to go into the field where they\u2019re staying either now. As she hasn\u2019t proposed a credible alternative, that request is also being ignored by Mum. And there was me worrying that Mum would want to keep Shadow with her the entire time and wouldn\u2019t swap over to take me with her next week. I don\u2019t think I need to worry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ari, when he realised today was Wednesday, asked if Mum was coming to see us today. She\u2019s been the last two Wednesdays. I told him we had to wait until next week and he was quite sad about that. He\u2019s missing her more than she thought he would. He says he\u2019d really like to go home now. I\u2019m trying to cheer him up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Love<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wilma<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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