What's He Up To?

I'm sitting at work on my lunch break now wondering what Sobe's up to. I heard from my husband at around 1:15pm telling me he walked Sobe at 12:30pm. Sobe peed on our foyer rug before going out, peed outside, and then came back home and peed on our living room rug. Just wonderful! Rick put him in his crate before leaving for work at 1pm. In addition to putting Sobe in there, he also put in his food and water dishes! I just KNOW I'm coming home to a surprise this evening. It's been over an hour since his walk. I hope he can hold it until I get home. I also am wondering if he's crying since he probably got used to us playing with him at this time of day when we took days off earlier this week.

I'll keep everyone posted on how Sobe handled his first afternoon alone!

Okay, so Rick actually went home earlier in the afternoon but we agreed to test Sobe's bladder control. Rick texted me with a note, "He's doing fine. Still sleeping." That was 4pm. 4:30pm: "He's awake now. Just chewing on his rawhide. He whined a little but seems fine." Rick had to leave by 5:00pm to attend a mixed martial arts class (which deserves a whole other blog). I left work at 5:30pm and got home as fast as I could. I was running up the stairs of my building by 6:15pm and found Sobe sleeping on top of another blanket in his crate. His initial fleece blanket was tossed aside to a corner of the living room. His bladder couldn't hold for all those hours after all. I found out later that when Sobe saw Rick getting ready to leave for class, he cried and just let loose. However, holding his bladder from 12:30pm - 5 is pretty darn good! We decided to stick with a midday walk for Sobe until he gets it.

Sobe's evening bathroom activities have been more or less the same. A walk at 6:30pm, Sobe peeing in the apartment around 7pm, another walk at 9 and again at 11:30pm before we all go to bed. One improvement today is that he is finally walking into the lobby of my building and towards the elevator!