Sunday march 10
baxter's tail went up in degrees yesterday, recovering much better. mom walked him a lot and they had some good dog encounters and we had some bad ones - a little rat thing that launched himself at baxter etc.
to put him in his room or not? we have devised a method where he is leashed to a chair near us. mom said it's cruel to leave him apart from the crowd and she's right. he even lay down! a real doggie. Problem was Judith and Steve were coming over and though they are dog people I was worried. Would Baxter get too excited. I rememberdd a cow tendon i had bought and brought it out and he began to chew and when we realized he liked it we took it away to be used during dinner. and he was great. he chewed, he lay down, he socialized. His tail was down when they walked in but up by the end when we walked to the bay bridge to look at the lights.
Judith said to minimize words so he understands them. She suggested Pee Pee when he peed and his name only. So i practiced - it was surprisingly hard not to get effusive and over talk (this old dog learning new tricks). Everytime he peed I said pee-pee, baxter, good boy.
At some point he is going to think his name is either Good boy Pee pee or (hopefully) Baxter.
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