* having a dog is a lot of work
* there is nothing better than coming home from a long day at work to a dog that is happy (thrilled) to see you
* pretty sure Aggie the pup is deaf. Confirmed at the vet today
* won't cramp our style too much though
* she's now sleeping in her crate on the 2nd floor and doesn't put up a fight going in there anymore
* she loves puppy playdates with Uncle Bugsy (Kay & Mark's dog) and Sniffles (Amanda & Rob's dog)
* and after said playdates will sleep thru the night and then some
* she is fearless when it comes to meeting other dogs, including a beautiful 150 lb Great Dane
* still making good progress on potty training
* in other news, work is crazy busy and will only get busier
* I've become obsessed with the game Farmtown on Facebook. It's dorky, I know.
* it's been a fun month - scrapbooking, lake time, pedicures, sushi, movies, doc appts, cooking out with friends (again this wknd too), playing cards
* I'm still debating Twitter. I've been on board since it was in Newsweek many years ago, but lately have been following more "celebs" just to see what's up..for personal news, I use Facebook. So, then I started just reading Twitter, and posting my updates directly to FB. We'll see how this goes.
...and that's about all that I know!
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Dog Days, episode 2
So in the continuing story of Aggie....
...we took her to the vet Monday and she's all healthy! They went ahead and gave her the next round of shots, and said she's healthy (and cute!). We got her started on heartworm preventative, flea preventative, and she's clear of worms in her poop. She's right at 6 pounds now, too.
...She has the potty training thing down pretty well, except she doesn't really like the whole rain thing. Over the past few days we've gotten tons of rain, so she's had to get used to it, though. She tries to get to where you can block the rain for her, which is pretty funny. She met a couple of neighbor dogs (from afar since she's not fully immunized) too.
...crate training is another story. We've made some progress - she can stay in her crate while I shower and get ready and seems to yell for a little while and then calms down, but try and leave her in there overnight and all hell breaks loose - she yelled for TWO HOURS the other night. So we've given up on the idea of her sleeping on the 2nd floor at night (in her day crate) and have had her sleeping in the pet carrier crate in our bedroom. That's gone really well, she snoozed HARD last night and didn't whine much at all. She almost slept thru the night, but we got her up aroun 3:30 am to go potty. So, apparently we'll be a 2-crate household. :) I had a doc appt yesterday and was gone for about 2 hours (did some errands too) and she was snoozing pretty hard when I got home - I opened the crate door and she didn't even notice. So, like I said, we're making progress. Eric's home Thurs & Fri and I suggested to him that he go and see a movie or something to get her used to spending time in the crate.
...she's gotten braver with the cats and will chase them around. She's gotten stairs figured out and will chase them up the stairs. They run into the bedroom and she stands at the baby gate upset that she can't get in there! Hail will wait til she gets w/in a few feet of her before hissing, so that's progress too.
...we took her to the vet Monday and she's all healthy! They went ahead and gave her the next round of shots, and said she's healthy (and cute!). We got her started on heartworm preventative, flea preventative, and she's clear of worms in her poop. She's right at 6 pounds now, too.
...She has the potty training thing down pretty well, except she doesn't really like the whole rain thing. Over the past few days we've gotten tons of rain, so she's had to get used to it, though. She tries to get to where you can block the rain for her, which is pretty funny. She met a couple of neighbor dogs (from afar since she's not fully immunized) too.
...crate training is another story. We've made some progress - she can stay in her crate while I shower and get ready and seems to yell for a little while and then calms down, but try and leave her in there overnight and all hell breaks loose - she yelled for TWO HOURS the other night. So we've given up on the idea of her sleeping on the 2nd floor at night (in her day crate) and have had her sleeping in the pet carrier crate in our bedroom. That's gone really well, she snoozed HARD last night and didn't whine much at all. She almost slept thru the night, but we got her up aroun 3:30 am to go potty. So, apparently we'll be a 2-crate household. :) I had a doc appt yesterday and was gone for about 2 hours (did some errands too) and she was snoozing pretty hard when I got home - I opened the crate door and she didn't even notice. So, like I said, we're making progress. Eric's home Thurs & Fri and I suggested to him that he go and see a movie or something to get her used to spending time in the crate.
...she's gotten braver with the cats and will chase them around. She's gotten stairs figured out and will chase them up the stairs. They run into the bedroom and she stands at the baby gate upset that she can't get in there! Hail will wait til she gets w/in a few feet of her before hissing, so that's progress too.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Dog Days, episode 1
So we are now a dog and cat household!!
Eric picked Aggie up at noon on Friday, while I was at work. He sent me text message saying that Lightning was being very inquisitive, and that Hail took one sniff, turned tail and ran upstairs. This was the opposite reaction from what we'd expected; Hail is usually the brave one, Lightning is usually shy.
Friday night Jill came over and got to hang out with the puppy. Aggie took a liking to her, and we also had yummy Pei Wei and played Sequence (which was really fun!). Good times!
Friday overnight was rough -Aggie definitely likes being with people and does not take to being alone. Eric slept downstairs with her for a few hours then we put her in the crate and she whined and whined and whined. I ended up getting up at 6 and took her out, then stayed up from there. She seems to go in cycles, 1 hour or so of napping, then about 30-45 minutes of playing. That was about all we did on Saturday. Nick, Kristen, and Aiden came by to meet Aggie (great to see them!!!), and Eric's parents did too. We went to dinner with then (wings, yum!). This was her first time alone in the house in her crate, and I guess it went ok. She whines a lot, and we're working on getting her used to the crate. So far no accidents except one small one; we're really working on potty habits (after sleeping and after crate time).
Eric's parents suggested letting her sleep in our room, so we decided to give that a try last night. We got one of the cat carriers set up and it seemed to work out better. She got up twice during the night (potty breaks) but went back to sleep w/in a few minutes of getting back in there. Still up early 6:45 this morning.
So far today's been a lot of nothing. Lots of naps, including a couple of long ones, and she had more alone time when I made a run to BJs and Target. She sure can get to yelling though...I left her on the couch and was in the kitchen for a few minutes and she made SUCH a ruckus, I'm a little worried about the first day when we're at work and she's alone for hours at a time.
So - so far so good!! More to come!
Eric picked Aggie up at noon on Friday, while I was at work. He sent me text message saying that Lightning was being very inquisitive, and that Hail took one sniff, turned tail and ran upstairs. This was the opposite reaction from what we'd expected; Hail is usually the brave one, Lightning is usually shy.
Friday night Jill came over and got to hang out with the puppy. Aggie took a liking to her, and we also had yummy Pei Wei and played Sequence (which was really fun!). Good times!
Friday overnight was rough -Aggie definitely likes being with people and does not take to being alone. Eric slept downstairs with her for a few hours then we put her in the crate and she whined and whined and whined. I ended up getting up at 6 and took her out, then stayed up from there. She seems to go in cycles, 1 hour or so of napping, then about 30-45 minutes of playing. That was about all we did on Saturday. Nick, Kristen, and Aiden came by to meet Aggie (great to see them!!!), and Eric's parents did too. We went to dinner with then (wings, yum!). This was her first time alone in the house in her crate, and I guess it went ok. She whines a lot, and we're working on getting her used to the crate. So far no accidents except one small one; we're really working on potty habits (after sleeping and after crate time).
Eric's parents suggested letting her sleep in our room, so we decided to give that a try last night. We got one of the cat carriers set up and it seemed to work out better. She got up twice during the night (potty breaks) but went back to sleep w/in a few minutes of getting back in there. Still up early 6:45 this morning.
So far today's been a lot of nothing. Lots of naps, including a couple of long ones, and she had more alone time when I made a run to BJs and Target. She sure can get to yelling though...I left her on the couch and was in the kitchen for a few minutes and she made SUCH a ruckus, I'm a little worried about the first day when we're at work and she's alone for hours at a time.
So - so far so good!! More to come!
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