Another busy week in the life of a curious puppy. As you would expect, she is full of energy and spends hours exploring all of the corners of her environment (inside and out). She has discovered that it is wonderfully fun to hide under the furniture and use it as cover to sneak up on the big dogs . . . or to attack someone's unsuspecting foot.
Suzie is also delighted with tennis balls, and since her mouth isn't quite big enough to grasp the ball, she can create quite a game for herself trying to grab it and then chasing it when it rolls away. Her favorite play things for the past week seem to be boots and leashes. Not sure why those are more fun than the dozens of toys lying around on the floor, but there you go.
Her big game hunting continues. This week, she stalked and successfully took down a giraffe.
Suzie made a new friend this week with a standard black poodle that is staying with us. She is quite enamored with her new playmate. They are quite funny together - if she isn't jumping up to grab his ears, she is chasing after him and imitating him when he dives his head into the fresh snow. Size does not seem to be any kind of intimidation to this silly girl.
There were lots of good walks this week. And although she still tugs and pulls at the leash, she is starting to get the hang of walking alongside the dogs and people. Her stamina is growing every day and she can actually walk for quite a distance. Her feet still get cold, so it is sort of temperature dependent. She is going to be a hardy MN dog as she LOVES the snow.
Suzie is eating well. I swear she has grown at least an inch this week and probably a few pounds. Oh, yes - and with those longer legs comes a new confidence in chasing up the stairs.
We introduced a new play yard this week in the family room. And she is quite frustrated that her technique for escaping the other yard doesn't work with this one. In general, Suzie does not seem to like to be contained. She is equally upset in her crate, her play yard, and even her travel carrier. She does calm down, especially if she can hear voices or one of the other dogs is in sight.
Suzie is currently sleeping from about 10 p.m. until about 4 a.m. And then she needs a bathroom break. She would really like to eat breakfast at this time (she knows where the food is kept, and runs to that area and yips when she is hungry), but a little cuddling and she generally will go back to sleep until 6 a.m.
Housebreaking is going pretty well. No accidents in her crate to date. And she runs right outside to do her business when she is let outside. She does get super excited and sometimes has an accident when she is playing with the other dogs. But that is to be expected.
