Day 10

That little Lulu is going to be difficult to keep calm. She's showing more signs of returning to her old self, which include wanting to be THE watchdog, obsessive behaviors with food and a propensity to play. I still can't believe she took a step on her own last night. While I'm happy about the improvement, I'm worried about keeping her safe.

Now it's Gus's turn since he seems to be crying out for attention. Up until yesterday, he was doing very well with his jealousy issues. While Gus is a very gentle soul and has the sweetest demeanour, he loves his mama and really doesn't care to share.

I was preparing Lu's dinner, Lu was resting on the sofa and Gus was underfoot, pretty much being ignored. I placed Lu's kennel pad on the kitchen floor, went back to the sofa to get Lu and when I turned around to place her on the pad, there was a large circle of urine on her pad. Gus was no where to be found, little jerk. Later on, Lu was hanging out on a towel because her pad was in the dryer, when here comes Gus. He lays down next to her and then slowly crowds her off the towel. I made him move, put her in the middle of the towel and he proceeds to do it again. The dryer rings, the pad is nice and warm so I put Lu on the pad, letting Gus have the towel. Guess what Gus does...he does it again taking over the pad! He is something else.

Did I mention he weighs 33 pounds and Lulu weighs 28? Gus is a moose of a Frenchie and over 17% larger than Lu. While he's having his way now, he'd better watch out because on most days, Lu's the boss and I have no doubt she will reign again.