First of all, this morning a moving truck pulled up at the townhouse next to mine. It's been empty for a few months and now has a new owner, a man about my age who travels a lot to Russia and India for his job. We talked for a long time and it looks like I am finally going to make a friend here.
Then this evening I went to my grief support group and there were 5 other people there, three of them women. There was a lot of laughing and crying and telling stories -- very cathartic. During the meeting we agreed to form a "social group" where we would get together for breakfasts, or brunches, or movies, etc. We exchanged email addresses. So that's three new friends. And if either of the men join us, that's five new friends. A really good day.
And I think Mia is finally starting to understand -- for the most part -- that she needs to pee and poop outdoors! But we are still working on leash training and what they call "reactive" behavior, to try to get her to be more calm when she sees a rabbit or another dog. Tomorrow is another one of her private training sessions. Hopefully we can get her to a point where she can be in a group class again. I really think that going into PetSmart makes her think she is going to be left at a shelter again. She needs to feel safe. We're getting there.
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