Its been four years since I’ve had a puppy. I forgot how much fun and work was involved. I didn’t remember thinking puppy breath was cute, yet somehow it is. Although we’ve had a few accidents the little boy is doing his business outside most of the time. I believe most of that is due to us watching him like a hawk and taking him outside every fifteen minutes or so.
The other dogs are starting to get used to him. The miniature schnauzer, Suesse, has someone her size (for the moment) to play with. It also helps that he is not intimidated by her and if she takes his toy he chases her down. The mutt, Hayden, is glad to have someone else to distract Suesse so he can play with toys in peace. He plays with the pup a little. The pup is just the right height to easy grab his dangly things so Hayden tends to seek shelter elsewhere when the pup wants to play.
We are crate training the pup. It keeps him safe and out of trouble when we cant keep a constant eye on him as well as provides him the quite time he needs to take his puppy naps. He is doing very well even though his mom is spoiling him too much. He thinks he is a baby and wants to be held already. This will be a HUGE problem when is bigger than she is so I have to break them both from the habit quickly. He is getting used to crate and doesn’t whine for his mommy too much, considering he’s a pup and still settling into his new home. Last night he actually slept six hours straight! That was a nice treat.
I think the hardest thing has been trying to name him. We laughed about giving him some foo-foo name like Fluffy. Since he will be a big boy we wanted a “manly” name like Tank or Brutis. Somehow we came up with the name Rocco, but his mom wanted to spend some time with him before committing to a name. Before we even received him and only had pictures I started calling him Pumpkin Head. Wouldn’t you know that after a few days of affectionately calling him Pumpkin or Pumpkin Head he now responds to it? While he will probably always by our little Pumpkin Head we have decided to call him Dozer, in reference to a bull dozer. This is because he is already stout and like a load of bricks. He was sitting by my feet all weekend while working in the kitchen and I cant count the number of times I tripped over him. You’d think I would have hurt him or kicked him across the room, but instead I come tumbling down while he continues to sit there with a look on his face as if wondering why I cant seem to stand up. We’ve started making every effort to call him Dozer so his new name will set in, but for now the thing he seems to hear the most is “NO”.
The other dogs are starting to get used to him. The miniature schnauzer, Suesse, has someone her size (for the moment) to play with. It also helps that he is not intimidated by her and if she takes his toy he chases her down. The mutt, Hayden, is glad to have someone else to distract Suesse so he can play with toys in peace. He plays with the pup a little. The pup is just the right height to easy grab his dangly things so Hayden tends to seek shelter elsewhere when the pup wants to play.
We are crate training the pup. It keeps him safe and out of trouble when we cant keep a constant eye on him as well as provides him the quite time he needs to take his puppy naps. He is doing very well even though his mom is spoiling him too much. He thinks he is a baby and wants to be held already. This will be a HUGE problem when is bigger than she is so I have to break them both from the habit quickly. He is getting used to crate and doesn’t whine for his mommy too much, considering he’s a pup and still settling into his new home. Last night he actually slept six hours straight! That was a nice treat.
I think the hardest thing has been trying to name him. We laughed about giving him some foo-foo name like Fluffy. Since he will be a big boy we wanted a “manly” name like Tank or Brutis. Somehow we came up with the name Rocco, but his mom wanted to spend some time with him before committing to a name. Before we even received him and only had pictures I started calling him Pumpkin Head. Wouldn’t you know that after a few days of affectionately calling him Pumpkin or Pumpkin Head he now responds to it? While he will probably always by our little Pumpkin Head we have decided to call him Dozer, in reference to a bull dozer. This is because he is already stout and like a load of bricks. He was sitting by my feet all weekend while working in the kitchen and I cant count the number of times I tripped over him. You’d think I would have hurt him or kicked him across the room, but instead I come tumbling down while he continues to sit there with a look on his face as if wondering why I cant seem to stand up. We’ve started making every effort to call him Dozer so his new name will set in, but for now the thing he seems to hear the most is “NO”.
2 comments:
Don't be such a training nazi! :-p
Thanks for the update. Keep 'em coming!
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