Success... I think!

So we have had two straight nights with no incidents with Akyra.. I think that means she is gettng used to the "new" routine! Although new fun... I got woke up at 7:30am this morning.. heard her come out of her cage and come up the stairs to get us up.. nose in the face ready for kisses. Saturday morning is my day to get up with her, so here I am up after five hours of sleep... yawn. We have a wedding tonight.. should prove to be an early morning for Geoff tomorrow.. lol!

11 Months...

So Akyra turned 11 months old today! Wow how time has flown. She is a whooping 83 pounds and almost a year old. It is funny how young she still acts though. One might think that she would act a bit more calm since she is almost one year old, but no.. she is still overly excited when someone comes over... and god forbid it is a family member that she knows. She is even more excited for them. Or when she sees Athena her "best friend".. (well at least the dog she plays with the most.. we call her her best friend) it is so funny to watch her go nuts when Athena is walking up the driveway.. and the noises that come out of her when she is so excited... too funny.

So given that she is getting older and "wiser" and more trustworthy.. we have been working on not locking her up while we are gone and she does very well blocked into the kitchen area for short periods of time... so Geoff and I decided we were going to give her some trials on not being locked in her cage at night... as we would like her to be able to "protect us" as necessary during the night and well that would be hard to do locked in a cage all night.. so Sunday night was the first night we tryed it out.... she did really well.. she had already put herself to bed when I went to bed and didn't seem to know that her cage wasn't locked as she didn't move until Geoff got out of bed.. hurray...

Then Monday night comes... and she is not in her cage when I go to bed, so I let her outside and she comes in and goes straight into her cage (like her usual).. I give her her treat.. and go upstairs to bed... she follows me... I wash my face.. do my thing and go to the bedroom.. she is following me from room to room... puts her head on my leg.. then she sees Geoff (who mind you is sleeping and has been for a while) now she puts her paws on the bed.. and I pull her off trying to quietly tell her no and off... she moves around to the other side of the bed to get to Geoff... I tell her no... so I figure she is too wired to settle down and I don't want her to wake Geoff so down I go and put her in her cage and lock to door.. damn...

Tuesday night... Geoff and I go to bed together... and she is again out of her cage.. so I put her in her cage.. tell her night night.. she looks at me.. and when I walk away she follows up stairs again... we do our thing to get ready for bed.. she puts her head on the bed (she reaches that high)... I take her back downstairs put her in her cage and tell her down.. she lays down.. I go back upstairs... she comes out of her cage gets some water and goes back in... success.. or so we think.. a few mintues later.. she starts barking and comes flying out of her cage like someone is coming through the door... I go back downstairs to see what she is barking at.. I can hear another dog outside barking.. (don't know where it is coming from but not a usual bark I have heard before) plus there is a big truck across the way that is loud and has it's lights on... I tell her all is ok.. good girl.. and put her back in her cage and tell her down... and I go back upstairs to bed... then I hear her following me..she comes to the bed sniffing around.. I turn my back to her.. she goes to Geoffs side.. then back to my side.. finally she lays down on the floor of our room.. Geoff says do we want her there.. I say I don't care as long as she doesn't stick her nose in my face at night.. lol... some time passes and I decided to switch positions... and I get what.. a nose in my face.. she is up and wondering what I am doing moving.. God forbid... so then Geoff gets up and goes to the bathroom (great timing).. and says why dont we get her other bed(the one that is not in her cage) maybe she will be more relaxed.. I get her other bed and put it on the floor next to the bed... I tell her down... she does and we are back trying again... about two hours pass and I wake up for some reason and lift my head to look at the clock.. 3am.. she is up instantly and in my face again.. I try to ignore her.. and turn to go back to sleep... she lays back down... then about 30 minutes later I hear her get up and go downstairs to her cage where she stays for the rest of the night... hurray... sorta went well... lol.. boy I am tired though..

Now lets see how she does tonight.. she is already in her cage.. so I am expecting it to not be so hard tonight.. but Geoff is already in bed.. so could go either way.. wish me luck.. as I am off to bed!

Oh.. on a side note I found out on Monday that my sister is having a baby girl! Hurray!! A little girl to spoil and dress up. I went out and bought a couple things for her already today.. lol.. I also found out on Monday that my mom is getting re-married. July wedding in Florida.. I guess I get another trip to Florida this year.. darn.. lol