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Well, it’s definitely been a tiring week with a new dog in the house. But there’s good news! Friday, Dylan stopped randomly attacking Lola and now limits it to (so far) once a day, and when she has gone after food she shouldn’t have (e.g., on the street). But they are now able to be on the couch together without incident. Also, on a walk, Dylan and Adam were a block ahead of Lola and me. Dylan stopped, sat and waited for us to catch up! What?!? And even more surprisingly, he turned into the enforcer. Whenever I correct Lola for like, trying to eat food off the table, Dilly comes running up to her like, “You heard her!”. No attacks and barely a growl.

We can see Lola progress too. She’s learning to sit and happily goes into her crate for food or treats. They’re been a couple potty incidents, but it’s only because she didn’t get out in a reasonable time, not willy nilly peeing everywhere. She’s still learning to walk on lead and has shown some food aggression to me. I got my third and biggest bite from her this morning when I was putting her food in the crate. She desperately tried to get it as I was putting it in, so I tried pushing her back until the bowl hit the ground. Instead she bit me, good too, on my left index finger cutting a 1/4 inch gash. I tried a second time to put the bowl down, she got aggressive but backed down after a stern correction. She’s not like this every feeding, but I have noticed that it’s been when she’s extremely hungry. I suppose it’s a reaction from her time as a stray.