Day 16 evening

Eddie is now coming inside much more confidently and without the gate being closed. I called him from inside with the front door open and after about 30 seconds he tentatively sniffed around the door jam and then came inside. This is a milestone because with the gate open he also had the option of leaving the deck and staying outside. He generally heads right upstairs and settles on Niko's bed. He is eating off his plate but did not take a meaty bone from today or yesterday. He has started to jump and paw me with both paws from behind when he is excited about walk time, something he has not done since about a month before leaving the pound, which was about the time I started to really push him on walks and pick him up to put him in the truck. His pawing I think means he is becoming more comfortable and is beginning to overcome his fear of my strange noisy human ways. I played more roughly with Niko today but Eddie still does not know what to make of it. Tilla and Niko also played today and he seemed confused or ambivalent about it. Maybe he understands the play, but realizes its a sighted dog's game. He seems to have taken over Niko's bed. Pretty soon the little fellow will be running the household, perhaps he already is.

My goal for the week is to get Eddie onto the deck during the day so that I can leave him with Niko in safety from coyotes when I'm in town picking up supplies. I have run out of sesame bagels and most other food stuffs, but still have plenty of beans and rice. I have not been in my truck for 17 days now and am really starting to enjoy it. I'm contemplating how long I can prevail upon my busy friends to deliver supplies. Not having toasted bagels with the morning coffee is real depravity. If my ancestors could read this they would wonder at what a spoiled softy they a progeneratored.

Eddie Now feels comfortable about his new outside territory. He and I are working on the inside territory. I have begaun to relax about minimizing noise and have started to listen to the radio again which Eddie doesn't seem to mind. It is truly unbelievable how petty congressional republican are and how low will they stoop in attempting to defend their ideological hatred of government. I feel like Eddie has proved that you can teach an old dog new tricks, I'm not sure the same can be said about the congressional republicans, what a bunch of sorry loosers. I just hope they aren't able to continue dragging the country down into their ideological morass.