Happy New Year!

It is officially 2013! 2012 was overall a good year so I'm hoping 2013 is even better. How did we spend our New Years Eve? Out at the bar? No. At a wild party? No. At a mild get together? No. We spent it at home watching tv. Due to Silas' separation anxiety we weren't able to go out and do anything. We did however go out for dinner. We left Silas alone for about an hour, give or take five minutes, and he didn't poop! We are going to start working on getting his anxiety under control. I have done a lot of internet research and it all has the same technique to use, the two main things are to not make a big deal about leaving and not make a big deal about coming home. When we left we used baby gates to section off a space for him and said a simple goodbye and left. When we got home we got to the door and started to unlock it we could hear him barking but the barking sounded very close. We walked into the house expecting to smell dog poop but instead were greeted by Silas himself. He is not very graceful, can't jump very well, has a hernia, and a bad knee and still somehow manged to get over two different baby gates. We honestly have no idea how he manged it and are a little worried about him because he is walking a bit stiffly. He goes to the vet for a vaccine and a hernia check on Thursday so I'll have him looked at to make sure nothing is really hurt.

He was in the back section with some toys and blankets and made it the gates to the livingroom.