Day 4 of weaning.

Katie had a restless night, possibly due to the "planned power outage" which I forgot all about, until the power went out.  And then this morning was a rush, but I did manage to get a little work in at lunch.  This evening was Bark After Dark, a "controlled, off-leash playgroup" for dogs.  It was Katie's first time, and she did not do at all well at first.  Entirely shut-down, didn't want to do anything but get out of there.  So I put her in the car for the class, and then let her hang out with the instructors' dogs afterwards (a whippet, lab, and golden).  What a difference!  She was actually playful:  open mouth grin, tail in the happy U, running around with the other dogs.  And she would go explore, along the fence (which she made me be between her and it during the class), behind storage buildings, out in the parking lot...   She did stop by the car frequently, but it seemed to be more out of reassurance and finally tiredness than fear.  The instructors seem to think it was simply because of the different energy level of their dogs as opposed to class, and the fact that one was a whippet probably helped.  All things to keep in mind for the future.