PaGal
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I got to eat lunch today without any work on my part. One of the girls made me and my hubby a grilled cheese. They take turns helping prepare meals. We do not force them to but I think they enjoy the one on one time with us plus then they know what's for dinner ahead of time. For x-mas I bought them a sand which maker. We feel comfortable with them using it unsupervised but we are not there yet with the stove. They also can use the microwave.
I let Thumper out of his room yesterday twice. The first time was while we were home alone. He immediately came out of his room. He spent most of the time trying to find a way past the gate and into the den. He really loves being in the den since he's used to carpet and he can run from one side, jumps over hard wood onto the dog rug, hops again over the hardwood into his room and runs to the other side of it. I am starting slow because I feel I need to watch him. He can fit his head through the bars of the new gate and yesterday had his head and one leg through. I am afraid he will get stuck and hurt himself if he freaks out. He was quite interested when I started to scrub the floor. I let him out again in the evening after the girls were in bed. He spent more time checking out the room. He stays up against the walls though. At one point he was in a corner and periscoped investigating. That wasn't good enough though for him so he jumped straight up about four feet.
Also when he first started moving off the dog rug I stood right in front of the gate and the silly boy came over and sat on my feet. He was using my feet as a safe spot like he does with the dog rug just looking for more traction. I know he'll get used to it the more he is on it. There is a bit of linoleum in front of the front door in his room. He started just tiptoeing across it but over time he would hop across it and now he will run or jump over it.
He had me a little worried though last night. His one wall is his wall and the other side is the kitchen wall but it's the same wall. There is a door way (with no door) on each end of the wall. The one doorway is extra wide. Sometimes we play a game where I start doing a slow running shuffle while in the kitchen from one doorway to the other. He will run the same but on his side, in his room. Well we were doing it last night and after a while he laid down and his nose was moving so fast along with his body. I could hear him breathing fast through his nose really well. I sat and petted him lightly for a long time and even put an ice pack by him in case he was too hot. He was fine after that though.
I'll have to start letting the dog out when I let Thumper out too because they do like each other. I just have to supervise to make the dog lay down when he starts getting too playful. He just doesn't quite get his power and size. He sniffs the cats and manages to push them around while doing so. I need to completely bunny proof the den so Thumper can go in there. It will be a while though. He's been in there before but twice he peed on the carpet even with a litter box available so I will wait until he is going good in his extra litter box outside his room before allowing him any more free space. The kitchen he hasn't gone into yet. He never has even though he could at times. He just doesn't trust it for some reason. Maybe once he realizes there is a rug for traction there as well. I thought he might come in while I was getting his veggies but he just watched me intently from the dog rug.
I let Thumper out of his room yesterday twice. The first time was while we were home alone. He immediately came out of his room. He spent most of the time trying to find a way past the gate and into the den. He really loves being in the den since he's used to carpet and he can run from one side, jumps over hard wood onto the dog rug, hops again over the hardwood into his room and runs to the other side of it. I am starting slow because I feel I need to watch him. He can fit his head through the bars of the new gate and yesterday had his head and one leg through. I am afraid he will get stuck and hurt himself if he freaks out. He was quite interested when I started to scrub the floor. I let him out again in the evening after the girls were in bed. He spent more time checking out the room. He stays up against the walls though. At one point he was in a corner and periscoped investigating. That wasn't good enough though for him so he jumped straight up about four feet.
Also when he first started moving off the dog rug I stood right in front of the gate and the silly boy came over and sat on my feet. He was using my feet as a safe spot like he does with the dog rug just looking for more traction. I know he'll get used to it the more he is on it. There is a bit of linoleum in front of the front door in his room. He started just tiptoeing across it but over time he would hop across it and now he will run or jump over it.
He had me a little worried though last night. His one wall is his wall and the other side is the kitchen wall but it's the same wall. There is a door way (with no door) on each end of the wall. The one doorway is extra wide. Sometimes we play a game where I start doing a slow running shuffle while in the kitchen from one doorway to the other. He will run the same but on his side, in his room. Well we were doing it last night and after a while he laid down and his nose was moving so fast along with his body. I could hear him breathing fast through his nose really well. I sat and petted him lightly for a long time and even put an ice pack by him in case he was too hot. He was fine after that though.
I'll have to start letting the dog out when I let Thumper out too because they do like each other. I just have to supervise to make the dog lay down when he starts getting too playful. He just doesn't quite get his power and size. He sniffs the cats and manages to push them around while doing so. I need to completely bunny proof the den so Thumper can go in there. It will be a while though. He's been in there before but twice he peed on the carpet even with a litter box available so I will wait until he is going good in his extra litter box outside his room before allowing him any more free space. The kitchen he hasn't gone into yet. He never has even though he could at times. He just doesn't trust it for some reason. Maybe once he realizes there is a rug for traction there as well. I thought he might come in while I was getting his veggies but he just watched me intently from the dog rug.
