Day 11, Finding her voice

Wednesday, Feb 5, 2020 @ 6-8 am

Morning routine went fine.  We have started with crate training, even though she doesn't spend the night in the crate.  I put her food dish in the crate and give her the command to go in her crate.  Except she's smart enough to know when I have food and when I don't.  When I have food, she'll go in her crate.  When I don't, she hesitates. Ha!

@ 7-9 pm

I was late getting home and we had dinner a bit later than normal.  Feeding the dogs, going out and treats went fine and I settled down to watch a hockey game.  Aurora is cuddled beside me, still not comfortable enough to lie down immediately but she gets there eventually.  She falls asleep and it's a quiet night until my son returns from his game night.  Aurora perks up at the sound of the door opening and barks!  Not non-stop barking her head off but a single bark when he walked in.  We've never heard her bark before.  I know previous foster dogs took their time finding their voice but I took this as a sign that she's feeling better, or at least good enough to bark.