When I was about to leave the shelter, one of the employees pulled me aside. She told me that she really can see Gina building up a relationship and bond with me, and that she is much less hectic with me. We talked about the entire muzzle issue of today and it's exactly what I thought to begin with. Gina will have good days and bad days. And it will take a long time until she forgets about the bad experiences with the muzzle.
I told her that I was under the impression that stage 2 wasn't going to happen for another couple of weeks. While that is true in theory, it's always a call the shelter employees have to make. And they think that I'm ready for stage 2. The second stage of the program is an overnight stay. There you can see how the dog is doing outside the shelter environment, how the feeding goes and how the night is going to be in general. And if that goes well you have to decide at which point you're going to take her home permanently. And since I don't have any plans for XMAS zu beging with we agreed that Gina would be staying from the 25th to the 26th with me.
But before that was going to happen I head pick up some doggie supplies. I wasn't able to go out to MegaZoo, therefore I would have needed a car. So I checked my cell and figured that one of the closest pet stores would be in Vienna's 7th district. Went there right from the shelter and picked up semi wet doggie food and an alternative to the muzzle, that I plan on trying out with Gina. I picked up a leash as well, since the Daisy's rope leash might not be the best choice for an fairly reactive dog. And just to be on the safe side I picked up a harness as well. I picked one in the size that I thought would fit Gina, but of course I wasn't entire sure, since I never looked at the size of her harness at the shelter.
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