Another day is almost done.

Last night was a little traumatic for Cole. He fell out of bed - first time (and hopefully last!) He was sleeping on the side that we don't have a bedrail on, so we need to take care of that right away. All I remember is waking up, hearing a thump, shouting (according to Cory) "Oh my God!" and picking Cole up off the floor. He calmed down almost right away and we settled back to sleep.

This morning a dog trainer came to visit with us. We wanted to see what she saw in Lucy that needed work. We've been doing a lot with Lucy over the past few weeks on correcting her perception of herself as the dominant one of the family and using a lot of positive reinforcement to do so. She's starting to behave much better in a lot of areas. The trainer agreed that Lucy needed more management than actual training, so we'll keep plugging away. We've also been working on crate training with Cole, and today I put Lucy in her kennel for the first time while we left the house when I went for a haircut. I'm not positive that the kennel was latched completely correctly, but if it was then we have Houdini on our hands. When we came home, Lucy greeted me at the front door. I looked at the kennel, and the door was facing into the kennel rather than outward as it should be. I emailed the trainer and am waiting to hear back from her about how to handle this. Lucy is fine in the kennel when we're at home, and I don't put her in there very often, but when we leave apparently she freaks out.

Okay, confession time. Every once in a while I become an Oprah geek. I have subscribed to her magazine but don't currently subscribe. When Accalia was a baby, I would watch Oprah almost every day. Now there's no time for that. I really, really wish that I could get on her Favorite Things show and get all that free stuff! And I've now decided I'm going to participate in her book club and read the latest selection: East of Eden. I really enjoy the classics of literature but never make a point of prioritizing them on my reading list. I did this so I get the chance. And I haven't read much of Steinbeck, so I'm looking forward to that.