A Trip to Papa Murphy's

Last night we took a trip to Papa Murphy's.  My husband and I wanted to have pizza and I figured it would make a good field trip for Willow.

So once I had Willow buckled into her seatbelt (yes, she wears a seatbelt) We drove to Papa Murphy's.  Willow did great in the car.  She just laid down and rested all the way there.  It was about a 10 minute ride.  Once we got there and out of the car she of course wanted to go smelling everything around her.  I let her do a bit of sniffing and then we approached the door.  She was fine until I opened the door and took one step in.  Then she froze.  So I thought no big deal we'll just stay outside awhile. While outside a customer came to the door and walked in.  Willow just followed the woman trying to get her to pet her.  It was rather funny.  You could see the exact moment that Willow realized that she was inside and she didn't know what was going on.  She quickly ducked under the bench seat and stayed there. I sat with her and talked to her.  Luckily it wasn't very busy and I was able to call my order across the room.  While I was talking to the employees Willow got more brave and came out from under the bench.  Of course the employees started saying how cute and adorable she was.  It was like she knew they were talking about her and the more nice things they said about her the braver she became until she went over to the counter on her own and I was then able to pay for the pizza.  Of course none of the employees petted her because that was against health regulations.  But by this time Willow was quite the happy girl.

I have noticed that when we first go to a new place she is nervous and sometimes afraid.  Usually if I stop and let her take her time she will eventually take me into the place.  Sometimes it's a minute or two.  Other times it's five minutes or more. I am sure there will be times we don't make it into a place but we will deal with that when it happens.

Till next time my friend...