Ramona and the Big Move

Last weekend, Josh and I moved to a house from an apartment.  Multiple factors went into this decision, but one of the main ones was Ramona having a yard.  The house not only is in a wonderful neighborhood, where almost every neighbor has a dog, but it is also much closer to our favorite dog park, City Bark!  Ramona is the easiest going dog, but she is definitely having an adjustment period.

She appeared very nervous as we were packing everything in the truck and started whining as we were wrapping things up for the first run.  I just knew if she could talk she would ask, "Are you leaving me here?"  She clearly didn't know what was going on.  My friend (and Ramona's friend's dad), David, got Ramona and her crate and brought her to the new house since my car was completely packed.  With all of our friends there and the hustle and bustle, she was doing really well and enjoying the day.  However, now when we get home and let her out of her crate she has this burst of nervous energy and whines.  Plus, yesterday she pottied in her crate :( 

On the positive side, she is LOVING the backyard!  She goes out there and basks in the sun.  There are times that she plays dead so we can't get her back inside.  Of course, she can't resist a treat :)  But she's getting a whole new routine down and gets extra outside time, since we still take her on morning and evening walks AND she gets to hang out in the backyard.

We are working hard to get her 100% back to normal and in the meantime, we are putting a lot of positive training sessions in the house to get her to associate it with a positive thing, when we are home and away.