Eddie on landing

Eddie sleeping on the landing, in relaxed dog position which he began using a few days ago. There are four steps up into the loft and about 10 feet to Niko's Bed. Every time I leave the loft I walk past him and he gets up without fail and goes up into the loft usually onto Niko's Bed. Upon my return to the loft he leaves and settles on the landing again. I'm not sure what he is thinking. He either doesn't like me or he is showing me respect or...???.

Tonight he made more progress by coming onto the deck having to walk past me to the front door, while Niko was still out and about sniffing the coyotes that had passed through earlier. I opened the front door and he came right in and up and onto Niko's bed. So maybe the noisy ogre (me) is not so bad after all. Earlier I placed the folded blue bed from the deck on his landing spot, causing him to stay in the loft even with me present. After a while I moved the bed into the loft whereupon he took up his usual position and routine on the landing.

After seeing all the photos of him at Gabbs looking relaxed and happy I see that he has a long way to go before he really feels comfortable here. I still think he is really trying to overcome his fear... Please forgive my anthropomorphization but he seems to realize how irrational many of those fears are. The wall of fear is solid and takes time to chip away at even for many people. I'm just glad he is trying and wielding his metaphotrical hammer and chisel to great effect. I give him more credit in that regard than many people I know.