This is how we housetrained Matty too, it works beautifully!! I was only asking her if she wanted to go outside, and then Mr D was able to snap the picture.
I just found out this morning that our student(Shiyu, aka Amy) from Chongqing was approved for her visa, and she is for sure coming to spend 10 months with us this school year. We don't have her travel information yet, but we are expecting her around the 18th.
I have a lot to do between now and then. The list is really, really big.
We are very excited about this opportunity, and we think this is going to be great for all of us. The experience became even better when we learned that our good friends that live just 15 minutes away and have 2 adopted girls from China are now hosting a student from the same province. I think this will be a great support for both girls, and will be so easy for us to be able to do things together with the girls.
So we will keep you up to date on her arrival, as I am sure I will have lots of great stories to share about this experience.
*Gracie is doing great, still no accidents. She has learned to ring the bell that we have on the back door to let us know she would like to go out, she has learned "get in your house"(her crate) and she has learned "sit" So we are off to a good start. Her hair is growing about as fast as she is. She weighed 13 lbs when we went to the vet, and I am guessing that she will be up several pounds by the time we go back next week. We'll see. She doesn't look quite as awkward as had been when we first brought her home.
*Thanks for listening to the whining yesterday, I really didn't mean for it to sound like whining....no really. I just had nothing really to talk about, and it just wasn't the best day. I am chalking it up to the AC breaking again, and having to go through yesterday fighting with the HVAC people, and sweating my ass off. So sorry if it came across as a pity party. No pity going on here.
4 comments:
Glad you are going to have the exchange student after all! That will be such a great experience for all of you.
If I do get another dog, can I send her to you for training? Rings a bell to go outside? I'm impressed.
Oh I am so excited about this, and how cool that your friends are hosting a student two. She comes in a week and a half? OMG!
Glad to hear Gracie is doing so well, and am very impressed by the bell idea!
Great news about Shiya and about Gracie. Now, if you can just get that a/c fixed, you're good to go. How fortunate that your friends nearby are also hosting a student from the same province - that should be a comfort to both girls and families. Cool - now just get that house cool, too. x's
That's great news! What a wonderful experience, we want to see pictures!
(yeah, pictures of Shiyu and of Gracie ringing the bell too)
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