March 27th - First Day Alone

Today was Kodo's first day alone. If you've read the last few posts, you'll know that we've spent the last couple of day's trying to get him used to his new schedule. We've left him alone for hours at a time, and today was the first test for him to be left alone for the majority of the day...of course, he'll still get some people-time when I come home to let him out and when Becky comes home.

His first day home by himself seemed to go perfectly. When I return home around 1pm, he was definitely excited to see me. He had no problems in his crate. He headed straight for his spot and did his business. I spent about a half hour giving him pets before I took him out again and kong/crated him.

Becky got home and took him out to do his business and then went for a walk. When I got home I joined them and romped around for a bit. It was wonderful, because this was the first time he was showing a little more personality and playfulness. We romped around for a bit in the backyard...and he let out one of the his few barks. I thought this was definitely a good sign seeing him all happy.

When we got inside, Beck got him all riled up again and he made some more cute, deep barks. Here's a quick video of it.

Kodo's Playful Bark

Well, Kodo's schedule is as follows:

• 5:00 am - Becky wakes up, gives Kodo people time/feeds him
• 5:20 am - Becky takes Kodo out to "Hurry Up"
• 7:50 am - Brian wakes up and lets Kodo out
• 8:30 am - Brian lets Kodo out again
  Kongs him and puts him in his crate for the morning
• ~1 - 2 pm - Brian returns home, people time, takes him out
• 5:15 pm - Becky returns home, lets Kodo out, walk
• 6:00 pm - Feed Kodo, people time until Brian returns
• 6-11 pm - Kodo people time...Kodo goes out before going to bed