Meeting a New Friend

Ms. Kim went out with her friend Georgie on Saturday and they came back to the house. I remembered seeing her before but still wasn't sure who she was so I kept my distance even tho she was calling my name...how'd she know my name as I don't know hers? Eventually she sat down and talked with Ms. Kim while Mocha and Lana went up to her to get loving. I figured if they went up to her then she must be ok so I slowly approached her and she had her hand out! I quickly sniffed and then walked off. That was enough for me!! She was sooo excited that I even did that as it was an improvement over the last time where I just stared at her from outside as I was too scared to come in. Ms. Kim was quite happy too and said I'm coming around quicker with meeting women. Yeah me!!

Walks!!

Ever since my breakthrough a couple of weeks ago, Ms. Kim and I along with Mocha usually go on a walk around the neighborhood. I'm starting to get the hang of this so now every time she leashes one up, I think I should be going to and try to sneak out the door so Ms. Kim says it's getting harder for her to leave! Ms. Kim says that I must be getting used to the walking as now I'm starting to pull just as much as Mocha and the others! She was able to take a few pics tonight. Unfortunately we got closer to a dad and daughter and I really started to freak out and try to get away but Ms. Kim held on and told me everything was ok and we walked fast away. Whew!! I know one of these days I'll be ok around men and I wish I could tell Ms. Kim why I don't like them but I just can't. I hope she still takes me out on walks with my buddy Mocha!! [Kim] Don't worry, Houdini, you'll still get your walks!!

Crazy Women but I Survived!

Ms. Kim had a bunch of women over tonight and they were loud but I did good as I didn't really freak out too much. Good thing I had my dog buddies around to help me!! Ms. Delilah came over and I let her pet me which she was excited about, as well as some of the other women. Mostly I just laid down in my "comfort" spot and Ms. Kim would come by and give me love and tell me everything was ok and that I was doing good!! Here's a pic of me still recuperating the next day! ;-)

Huge Step for Houdini

I had a breakthrough today and Ms. Kim and everyone is sooooo excited about it!! For awhile now I've been getting excited every time the leashes come out and Ms. Kim takes 1 or all of my siblings out the garage door and leave. Today was my chance to be brave and I let her hook on the leash and ALL of us went out the garage!! Wooohooooo!!! I think she wanted me to get in the SUV with the others but I wasn't quite ready for that so she put the girls back in and Mocha and I got to go out on a walk around the neighborhood!!! I was soooo happy to be out and exploring things!! Did ok seeing a mom, daughter and small dog from a distance but then I saw a man sitting in the driveway and I didn't like it much so we turned around and headed back. Ms. Kim was soooo excited she texted everyone!!

Making progress...sorta

Welp, I'm confusing Ms. Kim as I still run away whenever Mr. Carl comes home but yet, I surprised her the other day when I jumped on the bed when he was laying there and even leaned over to sniff his hand. I also took some treats from him while laying in bed another time. However, I guess I still don't completely trust him yet as I still run or won't walk past him to see Ms. Kim. I'm still learning and they're being very patient with me!

No sleeping in!

I've decided that Ms. Kim does not need to sleep in on the weekends which she is not happy about! The others warned me but I have a mind of my own! My new schedule is to wake her up at 6am for breakfast, then we go back to bed but then within a couple hours, I get her back up! She kicked me out of the room on Saturday but I kept barking and howling and scratching the door that she finally gave up and got up within 30 min! YEAH!!

Two Dogsitters

Well, it's been a busy start to the new year for my family. Ms. Kim took a couple of weekend trips and we had two new dogsitters come to stay with us for a night and I did pretty good with them, if I say so myself!

First was Ms. Jodi and she was really nice! She grumbled something about the dissertation that Ms. Kim left her as if she didn't know us but Ms. Kim said it was because she just wanted to cover all her bases on me and it was also for the new girl for the next weekend! HEHE!! I don't think I require that much instruction but maybe so. When Ms. Kim got back she gave us special bakery treats from "Dog Dog Cat" store! Yum!!

Ms. Seana came the next weekend and she was really nice too!! She was so happy for that dissertation!! She said she loved being at the house with us cuz we were so calm compared to her two, it was like a vacation for her!! HEHE!! This time, we got new doggie toys when Ms. Kim returned.