By far, the ones who have had the hardest adjusting to India have been our dogs. Poor babies. They went from living in a quiet house on a quiet street to the middle floor of a three story dog filled building near a very loud and busy street. They are quick to let us know any time there is someone walking up the stairwell or a dog barking outside or the man peddling his fruit and shouting. They have gotten much better over the past two weeks. They don't bark as long at John anymore. They seem to have finally figured out that he's the only one that will give them treats. They still like to follow the gardener barking and every time the maintenance people from the embassy come, they stand there and bark at them as well.
I think one of the hardest parts is that before we got here, I was always home with them because we thought we were moving "next month" so I didn't have a job. The first week we were here, I was up at the compound a lot so they were home alone. After being kenneled for 24 hours over the duration of flying here, being left alone in a noisy home was not what they had in mind. They were scared more than anything else. I've been able to be home with them for the majority of this week and they seem to be settling in a little more. Scout still thinks that our bed is his domain which is very different from before. He never wanted to get on the furniture and it took a ton of pleading for us to get him up there. Now, he decides and, oh well, if it happens to be the middle of the night. He weighs more than 50% of what I do, he has some say. :-)
They'll slowly continue to adjust. They seemed to like our new housekeeper when she interviewed so they should feel better having her here during the day while we're working. Plus I'll be able to be here during that transition since I'm still waiting on clearance.
We'll all adjust together and be just fine :-)
I think one of the hardest parts is that before we got here, I was always home with them because we thought we were moving "next month" so I didn't have a job. The first week we were here, I was up at the compound a lot so they were home alone. After being kenneled for 24 hours over the duration of flying here, being left alone in a noisy home was not what they had in mind. They were scared more than anything else. I've been able to be home with them for the majority of this week and they seem to be settling in a little more. Scout still thinks that our bed is his domain which is very different from before. He never wanted to get on the furniture and it took a ton of pleading for us to get him up there. Now, he decides and, oh well, if it happens to be the middle of the night. He weighs more than 50% of what I do, he has some say. :-)
They'll slowly continue to adjust. They seemed to like our new housekeeper when she interviewed so they should feel better having her here during the day while we're working. Plus I'll be able to be here during that transition since I'm still waiting on clearance.
We'll all adjust together and be just fine :-)
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