Eddie has just settled onto his new faovorite spot on gate thresshold. He was there but when I came carrying my laptop to type this he left. I had gone in and out several times before while rested there but the fan on teh computer must have triggered his catuion circuits and went down tohis den. I called him and he came back up and with a "good boy Ed" he came up on teh deck. He seems want tocome furhter but then settles rigth at the edge of the deck with his noe outward. Something I realized early on with Eddie is he need to have an escape route. I really think he is almost blind so he needs to verfiy and retrace his exit route several times before feeling comfortable. I think he is developing a mental map of the house with it's three levels... really wierd for a dog that probably spent his whole life in a flat desert setting. TOday after our huge pack walk with friends who had all gone I peed by the driveway tree. He came up to whatch standig with right side facing the tree. A large tree with grizzled bark. He turned and smacked his head right into and jumped back with a little half ylep and cowered by antoher tree for a while. THe literal cat of turing to leave is he smacked his. It being plenty light out I can only surmise that he had not been ale to anaccurate echo location on teh high relief and perhaps sound absorbing bark.
As Itype this he has approached further onto teh deck, pacing back and forth cerifying the route past the barbecue and the woold pile. He is now inspectining both. Poor guy the woold pile keeps chaning as wood gets burned and new woold add. He must very close and sniff thins before he feels comfortable. It is now twilight.
We had a heck of a walk see video with Tilla from acros the creek, kuma, osha, penny, and three human friends who were kind enough to being much needed groceries and more meat and beef bones. SO we are all stocked for antoher few days. It was quite diverse pack in age dispositon and energy and while I remained on foot the three other humans skied. HE did great a little wary of the sound of skiis on snow at first. He and I led the way up the hill to allow him a reafy exit at all times. He ahd a great time but was really working to figure out who was who and what was going on. A good time was had by all.