Light At The End Of The Tunnel

It's there. I can finally see it again. Hope or whatever you want to call it. Thank you everyone for all your kind words, support and stories shared.

My heart still breaks a bit at seeing Sara sit so quiet and lonely without her sissy there but she does seem to be warming up to Lizzie (a bit) more. Whether it's out of loneliness or that Lizzie likes to sit in her chosen spot who knows but I've found them sitting next to each other several times lately. This one was one of my favorites even though Sara isn't looking at the camera. She was actually touching Lizzie and didn't seem to mind. We're all hanging in here though and I even made it through the work week without crying which was a plus.

Lizzie is still adjusting and I find myself wondering frequently what this poor little dogs story is. She's truly adorable and she seems to want so much to play and come to me etc. However fear seems too to be a very big part of her life. She will let me walk up to her if she's sitting on my chair in the living room but not otherwise. If I sit down there she will crawl all over me loving on me and so excited. She's super excited to see me come home in the mornings. However she still will not come up to me anywhere else in the house and still seems to be absolutely terrified of being on a leash or going outside. She just sits and trembles. So much for a walking partner. Hopefully we will eventually get there and I know it's only been 2 weeks so far but I just am not sure how to go about working with her more. I do try to work with the leash in the house with treats. She'll do a bit of a belly crawl for the treats but still doesn't actually walk. Thank goodness though she's paper trained as I don't know what I'd do otherwise. Between her and my kooky cat though I'm going through a lot of puppy potty pads. Here's a couple of more pictures though of my timid little cutie.