As a reward for getting through such an unpleasant week-and-a-half since her attack, I took Nikita and my dad, who was visiting for a few days, apple-picking in scenic Andovah, Mass. I figured it would all be so new and exciting for N that there wasn't much danger of her chewing on her stitches, so she also got her first break from the cone.
She also saw her first livestock: a chicken, a goat, and some sheep, a couple of the last pictured below:
She just stared at them the first time we passed them -- "These are really odd-looking dogs..." -- but lunged at their pen on the way back, sending them running -- "It's a wolf!" N also got a big kick out of the orchard, and we decided that, by this time next year, we'd (ie. I'd) have her trained to pull our loot back for us.
Trying to keep her relatively calm and still this past week so she doesn't rip open any of her stitches has been pretty stressful for me and I'm sure downright maddening for her, so it was really great to let her, and watch her, get to be a normal dog again, if only for a few hours. (The cone is back on until Monday, at which point we'll start phasing it out.)
Dad also had a lot of fun with her, and is now hopefully making his way through Logan with the 60+ apples that constituted his share... 
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