Cindy M is gone for Thanksgiving, and I'm dog-sitting her two dogs.  Cooper, as usual, is not a problem.  He spends a lot of time over here, with or without Cindy, already.  Roo, on the other hand, is still a puppy (an almost two-year old border collie).  She's a chewer, escape artist, cat chaser (though in her defense, my cats stalk her and attack), and all around instigator of problems.  All of this, combined with me being gone for almost three weeks, has pushed Ripley back into a few of her neurosises.  She and Cooper spend a lot of time hanging out "away" from the puppy and the resulting chaos. (She is a good dog, really, but none of the dogs like to be around when someone is being reprimanded),

 She's started rearranging the rocks in the back yard again - big rocks!

And she's hiding with AJ in the guest house.  She even slept out there with him last night!  She's been sleeping with me since Roo came, but last night she abandoned me for the calm of AJ's house.