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Iloveivy

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Newbie, be gentle

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  1. Thank you Heyrundog, that's really reassuring 😊 Alone training, ok... So much to teach!
  2. Ivy came to live with us just 2 days ago. She's 4. She is so sweet and gentle and lovely. She has done so well, learning so many new things, the biggest of which are the stairs. We live in a townhouse, 3 storey. Living room and kitchen are on the 1st floor so we had to teach her stairs on the 1st day. She's not a fan, very tentative, but unsurprisingly going up or down is not a problem when I happen to be carrying freshly toasted lemon pancakes... But the rest of the time she is quite reluctant and coaxing her downstairs and out for toilet takes a while each time. First thing this morning she had accident outside the living room - my fault as I realise I should have just made her go out when we first woke up (yup, I'm sleeping in the living room with her for now as I don't think I can cope with 2 flights of palaver in the middle of the night). So alld ay today I've been on alert whenever she strolls out of the living room... Does she need to go down for a wee? Or does she want her water in the kitchen? Or just a changé of scenery for a few minutes? ... I look out for circling but she does that before sitting or lying down too. my friend's dog goes to the back door and scratches it when he wants to go out which alerts her to open it but Ivy isn't going to go downstairs on her own to get to the back door. I don't want her to think I'm going to be watching every time she leaves the room. Any suggestions?. Another thing is that she's quickly become super attached to me. She looks to me a lot for reassurance and when I say 'it's ok' she settles back again straight away. I'm so happy but there are drawbacks. When I stand up, so does she, even if she was sleeping. When I leave the room, she's on my tail. Is this OK? Is it healthy? (how will I ever leave the house unaccompanied again?!)
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