The Relaxed Retriever

Every week we see improvement in Guinness’s behavior. We can leave him to wander the house without checking on him every second he is away from us. Tonight he had been away from us for 15 minutes or more before we went looking for him. He was lying on the sofa downstairs in the dark, relaxing. Just last week, he would not allow this blanket to remain on the sofa. He had pushed the small decorative cushions on the floor, so I stuffed them behind the couch and pulled out this old blanket we purchased for Hershey to rest on when we were out of the house (he never got on this sofa when we were home). Guinness pulled it off the sofa; I tucked it in on three sides; he pulled it off; I tucked it in on four sides; he struggled and tugged to get it off. Now, one week later, he leaves it alone.