Friday, February 6, 2009
Come
Sol has been adjusting very well to life here with us. And I think we have been adjusting pretty well to life with 4 pugs. The hardest adjustment for us has been figuring out ways to communicate with Sol since she is almost completely deaf. But I think we have settled on a hand signal for “come” that Sol seems to understand pretty well. We have been patting our shin with our hand and Sol trots on over. This has come in very handy when we need to signal to Sol to let her know it is time to go out to go potty or that we need her to follow us for whatever reason.
There are a few downsides, however, but these are the negatives of any hand signal. The first is that Sol needs to be looking at you. Another is that the hand signals don’t work too well at night or low light situations. But even with the limitations, the one hand signal that Sol has picked up on so far is working really well.
The next signal we are working on is one for “quiet” or “no bark” because the little lady gets a bit overzealous when we eat dinner. She just goes crazy whining and begging for food. We have been very careful not to give her any food while we are at the table, so I think she is just trying to hurry dinner along because she knows that she may or not get something from the plate while we are cleaning up in the kitchen.
On an unrelated note, Sol goes in on Monday to have her teeth cleaned and have the thing from eye removed. As soon as I get word that everything is finished I will let you know.
Hayley
02/06/2009
She is just so precious and lucky to have people like you to love and take care of her the way she deserves…God Bless!