Alpha has been doing great and is really settling in. She's a very smart young lady and continues to push boundaries, but is doing very well with training.
She had a tough past as far as we can tell. The trainer said she needs to learn to relax and trust us and that's the first step to her training. We've been working with her for the past two weeks on relaxing and letting us pet her, cuddle her, etc. without her getting too revved up. The theory, as I understand it, is she's been in survival mode her whole life and wants to be in charge because that's what she knows. However, she would prefer to know we are in charge and that we will take care of her.
The past few days have been huge as she's become much more trusting and outwardly loving. We still have a long way to go, but are definitely making progress.
Yesterday, I was cleaning in the reptile area and Katie came down and fell asleep in the big chair in that space. Alpha came down and quietly and carefully climbed up on Katie and feel asleep too. The picture says it all.
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