First week

Ceana's first week:
Before bringing home Ceana we picked up some toys for her to play with. We bought a roap, a squeeky fox and some bones. Within fifteen minutes of being in her new house she had the rope in her mouth and was playing tug of war. She also slept with her fox for her first few naps. We learned quickly that the fow was to big for her to squeek so we bought a smaller bird toy as well as picked up a frisbee to firmiliarize her with it.
We quickly learned that when playing with our border collie we needed to distinguish to her what were her toys and what weren't. Though she wants to play with the remote she quickly learned that she was not supose to. We placed teh remote on the couch out of sight and out of mind...we thought. Ceana made a came out of picking up the remote and then "putting it away" on the couch. She also made it clear that playing would not only be with toys. She wanted one on one action with just Chris and I. She began chasing her frisbee in the house as well as the ball. She caught onto fetch her first day.
For the first three days Ceana would cry a little when she saw her reflection, most likely missing her brothers and sisters that she so loved playing with. Because of this we decided that Chris and I needed to increase the one on one play that we did with our puppy. For those first days I stayed home with Ceana as well, never leaving her by herself. This was quite a daughnting task since she nedds constant attention! I was lucky to get a shower in. Ceana would cry if I was not within her view so I brought her into the bathroom when she was tired and i could get ready. The next two days Chris stayed home with her non stop. During these first five days we took her various places in the car so she could learn that no matter where she went she would always come back to our house. We did this to try and aleiviate any fears she had about what was permanent. The hardest thing about the car is that she wants to sit on our shoulders, We are trying to teach her that she cannot do that since a thirty pound hairy parrot is not what we signed up for.