I said it might be best to also put a tray in the area for a few days after the clean.
Cross your fingers for Mags! 
I would've thought that's a reallly sensible idea. Am glad they've decided to give it a try.
I have to say that many years ago, when I was a proud young homeowner, we acquired a rescue dog who was a beautiful and well mannered girl, but who had such separation anxiety that she almost destroyed our home if we left her alone for longer than ten minutes at a time - she ate carpets, stripped paper from the walls, scratched woodwork, destroyed slippers, cushions, baskets, blankets - allsorts. She had me at the very edge of distraction to the point where I insisted OH returned her to the Cat & Dog Shelter.
The dread day came when he took her back. I arrived home that evening - to find her sitting there, ears drooping, tail wagging shyly and OH was just as bad! The people at the shelter had sent him away again, armed with various tips to try which we hadn't used, and after about a month, we had one of the best dogs a couple could ever have wanted. She became happy and relaxed and the "bad" behaviour stopped. I had no idea at the time how badly affected some dogs could be from the things they'd experienced in their lives, and - I'm ashamed to say - I used to work at another, council run cat and dog shelter in my early teens, so you'd have thoguht (hoped) I'd have had more sense!
Cats - well now, they're still a mystery to me...
Got everything crossed they'll give Magnolia another chance, and that she - sensible girl - will take it.
(But not if she's unhappy there - if that's the case then she needs to catch the 41 bus from the front bus stop to Cheese, Doc and Gert's house and to tell the driver that she's travelling unaccompanied and doesn't have the bus fare etc. Oh yes, and not to cross the road without looking both ways first and making sure it's safe to do so. And not to talk to strangers either.
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