Gucci is such a sweet girl. She is really coming around since she knows us now. She knows the routine when I go to work in the morning, and when I get home at night, she is so happy to see me she talks. Still carries her 2 pillows around and has adopted a throw as well. She looks so cute when she is moving them from place to place. Sometimes when we go up to bed, she will make three trips just to get everything on her bed. When she wants to cuddle, she will come and put her front paws on my legs and we have figured out how to get her in my lap since she won't jump. I hold onto her collar and start to lift the footrest on the recliner, and she puts her back feet on the footrest and waits for me to lift it. Then she will sleep in my lap for a while while we have a good petting session. When she wants down, she will let me know and I can put the footrest back down for her. She is getting better when my son comes down and doesn't run and hide. She will stay where she is and just watch him. He talks to her and will pet her if she is within reach. The cats are used to her and she just ignores them, so now they can be in the same room or walk by her and not have to worry. She does come running now when I call her and gets really excited. She used to jet walk to me. She is still afraid of sudden moves and loud noises and will cower down and run away. No yelling at my house. She is a really wonderful dog after she gets to know you and realize that you are not going to hurt her.

There isn't much to update on Gucci. She is finally eating out of her bowl without having to put some on the floor. She has 2 pillows that she keeps with her all the time. I'm waiting for the streets to clear off so I can take her on a walk to see how she does. I did find out that she guards her bones and she likes to take Husker's if he happens to leave his. I did get some tennis balls to see if we could play, but she pays no attention to them. Still a very Velcro dog when I am home. She is a wonderful companion.

Yesterday, my foster parents had their family Christmas. There were a lot of people there and I was really scared. I went up to the bedroom and hid under the bed. Several people came up to try and get me to come out, but I would just go further back. Even foster mom could not get me to come out and I usually don't have a problem there. I could hear all the people downstairs and I did not like it. Later in the afternoon, one of the granddaughters came upstairs and I finally came out and she held on to my collar to take me downstairs where foster mom was sitting. They think the only reason I was willing to come out was because I had to go outside. FM had a hold of my collar while everyone was petting me or I probably would have gone back upstairs. Her daughter brought her foster failure to the house with her and she tried to make me feel that everything was OK. She laid beside me and we did not seem to bother one another. After they took me outside, I went back into the house, but did not go upstairs. I went to the resident dog's kennel which I have kind of taken over as my safe spot. I have 2 of foster mom's sweatshirts in there with me so I feel safe. I think they are hoping that when more people come around, they can get me to come out and not be so scared. There was a repairman that came to the house today, but I went back upstairs and hid again until he left. FM says I must have a sixth sense because I seem to know when someone comes in and when they leave. FM says I am a work in progress and it's probably going to take a long time to get me used to people. I still don't like loud noises and sudden moves. Even when FM moves too suddenly, I cower and go away from her. She sure hopes that one day I won't be so scared.