Im feeling like a really bad rattie mommy.  We've been so busy for the past week that poor Jack has been feeling neglected.  I havent been playing with him very much and I've only been taking him out to go potty then back in again.  Poor guy prob. feels so cooped up in the house.  Last night I took him outside and he just ran and ran and ran around the yard.   Things have gotten less busy now so he will get the attention he wants and deserves.   But I feel terrible.   My step daughter asked me the other day if I knew my dog howls.  I didnt know that he howled...she said she was in the shower and we had all left (one of the many in and out days we've had lately) and she heard this weird noise.  She opened the door and heard Jack just howling loudly.  He didnt know she was there I guess.  Poor guy...mean mommy!! 

One thing that I love about dogs is that, for the most part, they know how to forgive and to forgive completely.  They live in the now.  They are, to me, the embodiment of hope.

Your little one will forgive, I believe.

Hang in there!

Lori R  (and some days, that howling you hear is ME!)