Hooray! I'm no longer creating spontaneous dandruff!
Well, I've been sick and missed work and school this week. The dogs are happy nonetheless to have me around, so they can sleep on the people bed instead of the dog beds. I leave Coltrane in his downstairs crate so that he doesn't get used to having other dogs around all the time. He will whine about being left alone, but he does it quietly and in short bursts - nowhere near the caterwauling that some fosters are known to do.
Coltrane is settling in wonderfully on the whole and is a poster boy for the crate/ignore method. Although he may act like he wants to be out of his crate, Coltrane pants nervously and starts sprinkling dandruff during the brief trip from his "downstairs" crate to the "upstairs" crate, and vice versa. The leash is the magical antidote to Coltrane's anxiety for reasons I can only guess (it prevents him from suddenly floating off into space?). He is appreciative of any human attention, even when it comes in the form of nail clipping, ear cleaning, and teeth brushing.
I'm also receiving some unsolicited help from Burnie, our slightly-bossy visiting deerhound; she is quick to growl at Coltrane when he tries to jump up on people. He does not yet play with the other dogs when loose in the backyard, although he loves trailing them so that he can cover their pee with his marking. Coltrane is still staying clear of our two cats, so I think he is quite cat-safe.
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