Day Seven

Sorry, no pictures today!

Sofi went out at 6:30 this morning, and I thought I'd just let her out to pee and poop, then she'd come back in and I could go back to bed. I could not get her to come in to save my life though, and I didn't want to leave her out there unattended. It took nearly two hours to get her back in. She was balking at the door, and if I tried to get near her to herd her in, she would get very frightened. What finally worked was me squatting down by the open door with my back turned to her--and she trotted right in. As a result, the whole family has been instructed not to look at her and to be as submissive as possible in their dealings with her. She is responding to Carter--I think she likes the fact that he is small. She sniffs him with interest each time he steps over her.

Today was cleaning day in Sofi's area, and I removed the crate to give her more room to spread out. I removed the foam pad too, since she wants nothing to do with it. She won't even lay on a towel--just wants the tile floor. I wonder if she was kept in a wire-bottomed cage and she is just enjoying a nice solid floor to lay on. Seeing the splay in her front legs makes me think that too.

I didn't manage to get either of her worming pills in her today. It seems like whatever trust I build up with her all day is destroyed when I start jamming pills down her throat, only to have them fly back out and make her mouth all frothy. Very frustrating.