Weekly Socialization Pupdate!

Yesterday Audrey (and Dad and I) went to JCPenney's. Well technically Audrey and I just went to the parking lot of JCPenney's while Dad shopped inside. We walked around the parking lot and encountered several new and interesting things such as:

-a storm drain
-landscaping wood chips (which she was convinced was just lots and lots of FOOD)
-bushes/palm trees
-gravel
-cars passing by very closely (and probably wondering what we were doing)

And then we went back to the car and I opened up the back of the TrailBlazer and we trained a little bit in the cargo area. After all of the other things she experienced, she decided that the scariest part of her day was the cover flap thingy in the back of dad's car (its hard to describe exactly what it is, but basically if you put groceries or something in the cargo area you could then pull this cover to conceal the packages). She bumped it with her nose accidentally and it made a funny sound and then to show her nothing was dangerous, I pulled it out and again it made a loud noise and she tried to leap out of the car. So we'll have to work on that again soon.

Then we went to PetSmart where she saw and experienced even more things such as:

-the automatic sliding doors in the front which she was unsure about at first, but then once they didn't eat her, she waltzed right in like a champ
-the Banfield sign was apparently quite fragrant (and thankfully didn't fall on her)
-a black lab/chow was OBSESSED with her (staring, whining and lunging at her) the entire time we were there so needless to say I didn't allow her to say HI to him
-she peed (what dog doesn't pee in PetSmart?) and so I cleaned it up and when I threw it away the sound of the trashcan closing scared her but she recovered and ate some food near the trashcan

She also allowed one of the cashiers and one of the groomers to pet her and give her some food (and she sat when they asked her to!) Also a little girl (finally) pet her while she was busy sniffing Dad's shopping cart. Overall it was a pretty eventful day, I just wish there were more dogs and people at PetSmart. I might take her on Saturdays since the weekends are always busier.

Even though yesterday was quite tiring for her, I think, last night and today she's been quite the little hellion anyway. :)