Thanks Bram.
I'm just feeling a wee bit overwhelmed at the moment. I'm sure I'll feel much better once my husband is home.
My dog is a beagle so when I got home from work and the hospital I threw some very small biscuits for her in the garden. She loved it. It is her favourite game.

She's rather old, so she got a fair amount of exercise running and sniffing around for biscuits. Her vision isn't good enough anymore for her to watch where it lands when I throw it. Not that she was ever very good at that. She is a joy to watch. And there's no therapy as good as fur therapy.
And ladies...I love the idea of a house crps/catnip episode!