I was beginning to wonder why the kitchen got to smelling like the outside fields.... and then I realized that the odor wasn't coming from the new puppy Savannah, but from the blanket in her crate. Savannah is in and out of that crate all day long, and sleeps in it at night.... so of course any little bit of odor that's on her fur or her feet will end up on the blanket.
Solution: Wash the blanket more often, and buy extra blankets for her. Which is what I did this morning. Savannah is getting a wardrobe of blankets: red and green polka dots, gray with white flowers, bright pink, and light green. All of them are long enough to roll up an end into a pillow-shape for her, being that Princess Savannah likes a pillow under her chin for long naps.
Savannah is also getting a good selection of toys, which I've put into a basket.... and which she diligently takes out. The blue monkey is her favorite, but she has a pink pig, an orange fish, a brown monkey, a pink 'Peep' bunny, and a blue fish. So many choices.... if I can get her to put the toys back into the basket when she's done, it would be a big accomplishment.
The property across the road with the goats... the neighbor has been repairing the low spots in the fencing over there, and the goats haven't escaped lately. Savannah knows they are over there, and when we walk down the road, she stops to watch them munching on the grass. I thought she would be pulling on the leash to get over there to the goats, but she's been exceptionally good, content just to watch the goats, not herd them.
All is well out here in the hills of the countryside... and Savannah has brought a whole new dimension to this country bubble.
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