First NPR show, more cat efforts

Good tips on how to understand Baxter: http://www.savethehounds.org/laboratorybeagles.html

He freaked out when we turned on the TV and this morning mom wanted to listen to Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me npr show. Baxter approached the radio, wary and puzzled. Voices! Coming from this box!

We're letting him off leash in the house, blocking off the stairs. He did make a break once when he saw Mia, and then got through the cat door. Otherwise he has even lain down a few times, though jumping up at sudden noises or sudden movements. Today, after a long walk with mom beyond Farley's and back, he seems mellower. Happier to be out in the yard - but Maxine added a nice distraction for awhile - and not pacing so much in the house.

Plus his first poop since the night before being neutered (three nights ago), on the porch, a smelly, watery thing, but which garnered him a lot of praise from me.