Adventures with a rescue Dog!

First, I know I'm behind on my green challenges, but I have some ideas in mind and will catch up with those shortly.  My excuse will be my little Penny bean.  She's a cutie pie and is slowly coming out of her shell.
As you can imagine she is spoiled rotten.

It's funny, how having my first real pet all by myself, without my parents around to help me - feels semi-like having a kid.  I think that's how my parents felt, as I gave them nearly hourly updates during my first few days with Penny.  I wanted to know if this or that was normal.  Yes, I know I will be a doctor in less than 3 weeks, but not a Vet.  My biggest worry was whether or not she was going to the bathroom enough.  My Dad said, "didn't you not like pediatrics because all parents talk about was pee and poop."  Let me tell you I sent my parents numerous emails freaking out because Penny only feels the need to go potty 2x's per day.  I've seen her go nearly 24 hours without going to the bathroom!!!  That's crazy.

 We were all worried when we got her about what were we going to do when Sief and I have to work 12 hr shifts.  Well apparently we've found the dog for us, because she can hold it that long and longer.  During those first few days she barely drank any water and would only eat 1/2 the amount of food the shelter told us to give her.  I kept touching her nose, it was moist, so I figured she wasn't dehydrated.  She's getting better now.

She sleeps all day, but has a little more spunk.  We finally heard her bark after having her for a full week and not hearing a noise from her, except for her breathing.  One night we locked her in the bathroom, with her bed, where she sleeps at night ... well she decided she had had enough of that.  She stomps around, scratched at the door, and finally barked.  It was funny, because we should have been mad, but were happy, because she spoke!  haha....   And let's just say the spoiled baby now sleeps in my bed with me. 

We're continuing to work on house training her, my plan is still to litter box train her.  You can do that with a dog.  I don't want to make her hold it if Sief and I have to work late.  Her and Sief still are not friends, but they are working on it.

That's my Penny update.  We'll see how she does this week by herself in the house from 8am-5pm, because Sief and I have our last week of medical school!!!  woo woo