The very first picture with my new DSLR camera. This pack leader needs to learn how to use the darn thing! In the meantime, don’t feed the animals.
Table for One
After several months of racing home during my lunch hour to feed Kenji, I’ve decided I simply can’t do it anymore - at least not everyday.
With a 60-minute lunch break, and a 20-minute ride home, I only have 20 minutes to walk Kenji and feed myself. With perfect planning and favorable traffic conditions, I can get it done, but it’s always a major rush. In fact, I’ve already needed a new tire on my car ($350!) from cutting a curb too close.
Enough is enough. On Friday I decided that the routine has to change. I love Kenji. But returning to work with knots in my stomach from the stress is starting to take its toll.
From here on out I will attempt to see if Kenji can make it through the day (comfortably) and go without his lunchtime pee-pee. At 7 months old, I’m pretty sure he can. I’ll watch him on the Kenji Cam and keep my eyes peeled for any behavioral changes. I’ve committed to walking him an extra few blocks in the morning. I hope that helps take the edge off…of both of us.
Today it’s lunch alone. Sorry Kenji!
A Guilty Monday
I was tired last night. Really tired. So tired in fact, that I decided to lay down at 9pm. That means Kenji was forced to forfeit his 11pm bladder drain. And a change in my routine, means a change in Kenji’s routine, which inevitably leads to another change in my routine.
Mr. K woke me at 3am, because to him, it probably felt like 6am. That’s fine. But what I feel bad about is that he is unable to spend more time out of the crate.
As you can see from the recent damage to our house, he’s proven himself incapable of being left alone. That means confinement - a lot of it. Luckily for us - and him - he seems to be very tolerant of it. He has not expressed any signs of anger or extreme anxiousness. (I’ve even watched him on a spy cam and he mostly sleeps, sctratches, and then sleeps some more.)
But we’re talking quality of life here. And as we bond tighter every day, I really wish there were other alternatives. The budget isn’t there for a dog sitter, puppy day care or a dog walker.
Any other ideas? Let me know: myfirstshiba@gmail.com
