Lily's Day At Work

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Lily will be 6 months old tomorrow and today she went to work with me for the first time. The drive to work takes about 45 min and Lily was sick twice on the ride in. When we arrived she pulled out of her harness and started to bolt toward the busy street. Thank heavens there was another lady in the parking lot that helped me catch her. I really was thrown into a dither and lost my composure which didn't help the situation. Once inside the office she was loved on by everyone. Our office is full of animal loving people and we are welcome to bring our pets to work. Lily was scared of every little noise. Just showed me how important it is to socialize our babies. By the end of the day she was comfortable walking around with me and would actually walk up to people for loves and pets. When we left for the day I put Lily on the back seat along with my purse and keys, picked up the towels I was going to place on the front seat for her to lay on, closed the car door and realized the doors locked! Dog, keys, and cell phone inside, ME outside! Poor Lily! She looked at me with a really frightened look on her face. I had to go back into the office and call AAA and then wait for the locksmith to come and let me in.

We are home now and Lily is sound asleep after her adventures. Note to self, get a hide-a-key and work on socialization skills.
 
Lily is only a couple of weeks older than Hanna. That was a pretty eventful day andit sounds like she did really well for being in a new situation for quite a long time..

Luckily for us Hanna is a great little traveller - she has to be as the trip into London is just over an hour and we go 3 or 4 times a week. I'd suggest that you take Lily out in the car whenever you can, even just short little trips, so that she learns that car rides are just normal and nothin to worry about.
 
What a busy day for a little girl! Glad she warmed up eventually and all was well. Sorry about the keys getting locked in, I've had that happen before too. :gaah I do agree one thing to do is to expose her to car rides (unless you already do and she just gets car sick a lot). Luckily Ruutu has always been an excellent traveler for me as we travel 8 hrs one way to go to PA (which is also where I got him from) and an hour one way for dog classes once a week.
 
What a day for you & Lily! It sounds like she did great for her first day at work. You might need a drink lol. I wish I could take mine to work, I would in a heartbeat.
 
It sounds like a typical first day with Puppy at Work -- ROTF, but so glad you caught her in the parking lot!!! :eek2:
 
Casey will be seven months old on 11/11. He also has trouble with car sickness but I "think" I have discovered one thing. He gets sick when I back-up. If I pull in a parking space, or pull into the driveway he's ok. Wish I could bring him to work with me.
 
Man, what a stressful, day, glad she ended up doing OK.

Laddie ADORES riding in the car, he is very well behaved and could travel for days, he has been riding since the day we got him, so, it is second nature for him.
 
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