Charlie Day 2: Wednesday

I woke up at 5:45 this morning, 15 minutes before my alarm went off. Laid in bed for a few minutes and heard Charlie rustling around in his cage and wimpering. I took him out. We walked around the block up to Katonah and back. He pooped! And he peed! Hesagudboyyy. We came back inside (he's afraid of the entryway where there are two doors. If both doors are closed, he cowers. If they are both open, he happily but quickly walks through them) and I gave him fresh water and closed the cage so he couldn't go in it. I took a shower and left for work. He was in his cage for about 8 hours. Mark left a bone in his cage with him, which he ate all of. When Mark got home he opened the cage "to pat 'im in the head" but he didn't come out. I got home about an hour later and we took him for about a 2 hour walk. We went to the dog run, which he had no interest in. He met 5 other dogs! We talked to a lady who lives near the dog run for a really long time. She owns a beautiful black lab mix named Dove and she calls her Lovey Dovey and I think that's so sweet! We got home finally and Charlie laid in his cage while Mark and I putz'd around the kitchen and took showers. Mark got in bed and I was saying good night to Charlie and I fed him a treat, which he accepted from my hand! Then I got the bright idea to try to feed him his food from my hand. He hasn't eaten since he got here!!! He gobbled up handful after handful and I even got him to drink a bit of water! So I called Mark out and he was feeding him from his hand as well. He would only eat if one of us was out there. So I was hiding in the hallway. We fed him until he didn't want any more to eat (which was about a days worth of food). I feel so much better knowing he ate. It's only the second day but I know he's going to come out of his shell and be the perfect pooch I know he is.