First night
The first night in a new place is always weird for any dog, but Brutus was really good about it.
When we got in, we let him run around and learn about the new apartment, we let him explore, jump on things. We made sure he knew that barking at Nikki wasn’t allowed, and he responded well to it, and didn’t do it again (he did keep going back for a look though, she must be one ugly dog to him!). We gave him his water and a little bit of kibble so he knew where his bed was.
When it came to sleeping one of the things I’ve read is to make them confortable with their existing bed, but keep it close. So, we put him in his carry case and had it next to the bed.
It worked great. He settled right down, and only a couple of times in the night did he whimper, at which point I would roll over, put my hand through the bars, talk to him and he settled right down knowing he wasn’t alone. He slept almost all the way through, with no messes. We’ll probably do that for a couple more nights. Eventually we’ll pick him up a nice comfy doggy bed (probably on Monday), and we’ll see how he adapts to sleeping on that either in the bedroom or in the kitchen.
He had a nice walk this morning, and he’s gobbled down his kibble, he’s busy throwing the “whoomphing” hedgehog toy around the office right now, and chasing pieces of fluff around the floor 
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Seems like Brutus is settling in just fine!
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